A728 crash in Glasgow City on 5 January 2024 at 17:00 involving a Ford Transit Connect van
A Ford Transit Connect van, a Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A728 in Glasgow City at 17:00 on Friday 5 January 2024. The 36-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jan 2024
- Friday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Transit Connect and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82537, longitude -4.24687, in the G44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langside, Glasgow City, G44 4RS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024991397490
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 728
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- 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, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2005.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A728 in Glasgow City, 1 June 2005
24 m awayRef 200597GD70206
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 7 September 2002
29 m awayRef 200297GD01209
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A728 in Glasgow City, 30 March 2019
35 m awayRef 201997GD01603
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 27 December 2002
41 m awayRef 200297GD06512
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 21 September 1986
45 m awayRef 198697FA04409
Slight
Car crash on the A728 in Glasgow City, 9 July 1984
45 m awayRef 198497FA01607
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 36 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 36, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024991397490 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 2024.