M8 crash in Glasgow City on 21 May 2019 at 18:00 involving an Audi A3
A car and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the M8 in Glasgow City at 18:00 on Tuesday 21 May 2019. A 60-year-old male passenger in the Audi A3 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2019
- Tuesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86977, longitude -4.24696, in the G4 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201997GP70505
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 8
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 12 January 2012
8 m awayRef 201297AB70401
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 6 February 2014
9 m awayRef 201497AB70402
Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 16 March 2025
10 m awayRef 2025991567388
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 11 April 2009
10 m awayRef 200997AB02004
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 23 March 2015
11 m awayRef 201597AB02603
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the M8 in Glasgow City, 28 September 2010
12 m awayRef 201097AB70809
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 201997GP70505 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.