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A721 crash in North Lanarkshire on 19 April 1979 at 13:15 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A721 in North Lanarkshire at 13:15 on Thursday 19 April 1979. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Apr 1979
Thursday, 13:15
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87002, longitude -4.03117, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197997PC03204
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
721
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 May 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (roof)
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 197997PC03204 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.