Unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G44 on 20 August 2021 at 15:30 involving an MG 3
An MG 3 and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 15:30 on Friday 20 August 2021. The 29-year-old female driver of the Audi A4 and the 72-year-old male driver of the MG 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Aug 2021
- Friday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG 3 and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82098, longitude -4.23405, in the G44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rutherglen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langside, Glasgow City, G42 0DW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991079245
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 1999.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 24 December 1999
11 m awayRef 199997FB07312
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 7 September 2012
11 m awayRef 201297QD01209
Serious
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 27 March 2013
18 m awayRef 201397GD02203
Serious
Porsche 911 crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 14 January 2023
26 m awayRef 2023991263420
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 31 December 1987
30 m awayRef 198797FA07112
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 7 October 1984
30 m awayRef 198497FA01110
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG 3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2021991079245 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 2021.