Serious B762 crash in Glasgow City on 18 February 2024 at 23:28 involving a BMW 5 Series
A car and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the B762 in Glasgow City at 23:28 on Sunday 18 February 2024. The 35-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series and a 34-year-old female passenger in the BMW 5 Series were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Feb 2024
- Sunday, 23:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82291, longitude -4.35757, in the G53 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024991411391
- Council area
- Glasgow City
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 762
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 762
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 January 2017.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B762 in Glasgow City, 26 January 2017
27 m awayRef 201797GA70601
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A736 in Glasgow City, 23 March 1991
34 m awayRef 199197GB25003
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B762 in Glasgow City, 5 February 2011
49 m awayRef 201197GB70102
Serious
Alfa Romeo 156 crash on the B762 in Glasgow City, 18 December 2006
110 m awayRef 200697GB21912
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 7 February 1984
119 m awayRef 198497GB20902
Slight
Scooter crash on the B762 in Glasgow City, 22 September 1981
119 m awayRef 198197GB25109
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside, crossed central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2024991411391 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.