A879 crash in Glasgow City on 7 May 2019 at 21:50 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a car were involved in a crash on the A879 in Glasgow City at 21:50 on Tuesday 7 May 2019. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2019
- Tuesday, 21:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87119, longitude -4.25463, in the G4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Anderston/City/Yorkhill, Glasgow City, G4 0HT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201997GF01205
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 879
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Signum crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 12 May 2013
3 m awayRef 201397BE01005
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 7 June 2015
9 m awayRef 201597BE70106
Slight
Honda ZR-V Sport crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 20 July 2025
15 m awayRef 2025991618770
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 23 May 1980
24 m awayRef 198097AB05305
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 14 June 1979
28 m awayRef 197997AB03206
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 29 February 1980
28 m awayRef 198097AB07402
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- 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 201997GF01205 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 2019.