Serious A803 crash in Glasgow City on 25 April 2018 at 13:25 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A803 in Glasgow City at 13:25 on Wednesday 25 April 2018. The 43-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Apr 2018
- Wednesday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86731, longitude -4.23473, in the G21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dennistoun, Glasgow City, G4 0EZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201897GP00504
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 803
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 8
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 May 2011.
Serious
Nissan Almera crash on the A803 in Glasgow City, 16 May 2011
9 m awayRef 201197AB02805
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 16 March 2025
12 m awayRef 2025991565563
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 6 June 2011
14 m awayRef 201197AB70106
Slight
Car crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 7 November 1999
14 m awayRef 199997DA00711
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 31 March 2001
16 m awayRef 200197EA04603
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 14 February 2006
18 m awayRef 200697EC70202
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 43, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 201897GP00504 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 2018.