Serious unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G22 on 16 July 2025 at 20:10 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 20:10 on Wednesday 16 July 2025. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Wednesday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.88511, longitude -4.25763, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991617157
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2022.
Slight
Audi A6 crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 12 February 2022
5 m awayRef 2022991143896
Serious
Car crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 30 January 1987
26 m awayRef 198797CB04801
Slight
Car crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 11 May 1985
26 m awayRef 198597CB01805
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 16 December 1990
26 m awayRef 199097CB03012
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 23 December 1990
26 m awayRef 199097CB04612
Serious
Car crash on the A879 in Glasgow City, 15 November 1988
26 m awayRef 198897CB02411
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2025991617157 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 2025.