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Serious unclassified road crash in North Lanarkshire ML5 on 23 June 1979 at 13:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire at 13:15 on Saturday 23 June 1979. A 38-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jun 1979
Saturday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.86409, longitude -4.03086, in the ML5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coatbridge.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197997NA02606
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 197997NA02606 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lanarkshire road accident statistics for 1979.