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A879 crash in Glasgow City on 18 March 2024 at 15:00 involving an Audi A1

An Audi A1 hit a pedestrian on the A879 in Glasgow City at 15:00 on Monday 18 March 2024. A 9-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 2024
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Audi A1
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88144, longitude -4.25438, in the G22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canal, Glasgow City, G22 5PB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024991422813
Council area
Glasgow City
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
879
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A1)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    10% most 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 2024991422813 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.