A814 crash in Glasgow City on 21 January 2020 at 18:30 involving a Toyota Auris
A Toyota Auris, a Mercedes A Class and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A814 in Glasgow City at 18:30 on Tuesday 21 January 2020. The 20-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2020
- Tuesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Auris and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86304, longitude -4.29407, in the G3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Govan, Glasgow City, G51 2PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990921817
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 814
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2022.
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the A814 in Glasgow City, 5 May 2022
13 m awayRef 2022991173367
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the A814 in Glasgow City, 3 October 2020
21 m awayRef 2020990986641
Serious
Suzuki Alto crash on the A814 in Glasgow City, 14 June 2025
22 m awayRef 2025991602695
Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the A814 in Glasgow City, 31 December 2016
23 m awayRef 201697GU05712
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the A814 in Glasgow City, 2 November 2019
26 m awayRef 2019970894412
Slight
Car crash on the A814 in Glasgow City, 1 March 1987
26 m awayRef 198797AC00403
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Auris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020990921817 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 2020.