A89 crash in Glasgow City on 26 December 2017 at 18:55 involving a Suzuki Baleno
Two Suzuki Balenos were involved in a crash on the A89 in Glasgow City at 18:55 on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The 32-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2017
- Tuesday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Baleno and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85537, longitude -4.2263, in the G40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Calton, Glasgow City, G40 2QA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201797GK03312
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 89
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2023.
Slight
Renault Kadjar crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 11 September 2023
1 m awayRef 2023991357582
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 22 December 2014
1 m awayRef 201497BA70512
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 2 December 2016
2 m awayRef 201697GK05412
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 22 August 2025
2 m awayRef 2025991633074
Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 3 September 2021
3 m awayRef 2021991083620
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A89 in Glasgow City, 6 January 2017
3 m awayRef 201797GK00301
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Baleno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Baleno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Baleno)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 201797GK03312 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Glasgow City road accident statistics for 2017.