Unclassified road crash in Glasgow City G53 on 21 August 2025 at 16:34 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Glasgow City at 16:34 on Thursday 21 August 2025. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2025
- Thursday, 16:34
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82797, longitude -4.34734, in the G53 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glasgow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cardonald, Glasgow City, G53 5LU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Glasgow City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991631829
- 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
- 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, 35 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2005.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 15 November 2005
35 m awayRef 200597GB22611
Slight
Honda Prelude crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 15 April 1990
40 m awayRef 199097GB23004
Serious
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 28 February 1990
40 m awayRef 199097GB27502
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 23 December 1992
40 m awayRef 199297GB25412
Slight
Renault Megane crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 30 July 2009
60 m awayRef 200997GB23607
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Glasgow City, 26 January 1983
61 m awayRef 198397GB27501
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2025991631829 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.