B717 crash in North Lanarkshire on 29 December 1979 at 09:05 involving a van

A van crashed on the B717 in North Lanarkshire at 09:05 on Saturday 29 December 1979. The 35-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 29 Dec 1979; Saturday, 09:05
Vehicles: 1; Van
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197997PC06612
Council area: North Lanarkshire
Police force: Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 717
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (1)

Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Skidding and overturning
Skidded and overturned
Hit object in carriageway
Kerb
Leaving the carriageway
Offside
Hit object off carriageway
Other permanent object
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
35 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 197997PC06612 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.