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Serious A721 crash in North Lanarkshire on 16 March 1979 at 14:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire at 14:15 on Friday 16 March 1979. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and a 44-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and the 42-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Mar 1979
Friday, 14:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197997PC04303
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
721
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
804

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 197997PC04303 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.