Golfer Colin Montgomerie has said he was lucky to walk away from a car crash "relatively unscathed".
Montgomerie, 47, who captained Europe to victory over the United States in the Ryder Cup earlier this month, did not require hospital treatment after the crash.
Strathclyde Police confirmed that the male driver of a van had been charged with road traffic offences after the crash.
Montgomerie's BMW 7-series was involved in the crash at around 11.25am on the A80 at Moodiesburn near Glasgow.
In a statement, Montgomerie said: "I was trapped as the side of the car was compressed and the air bags were holding me back, but the passenger door suddenly opened and I was pulled to safety thanks to other drivers who had witnessed the accident.
"It was a terrible shock and I am lucky to have come out of it relatively unscathed, thanks I am sure to the car I was driving."
Montgomerie felt it was unnecessary to go to hospital and received treatment at the roadside from the ambulance crew before being taken back to his home in Perth.
He later pulled out of a charity event in Inverness planned for Friday in the wake of the incident.
He was meant to be launching a walk in aid of the Elizabeth Montgomerie Foundation, which he set up in memory of his mother after losing her to cancer.
It aims to raise funds to provide information and support to those affected by cancer. The charity walk will still go ahead.
