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A730 crash in South Lanarkshire on 13 September 1981 at 00:05 involving a car

A car crashed on the A730 in South Lanarkshire at 00:05 on Sunday 13 September 1981. The 39-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Sep 1981
Sunday, 00:05
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81453, longitude -4.19587, in the G73 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambuslang.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198197FC01309
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
730
Road type
Dual carriageway
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198197FC01309 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Lanarkshire road accident statistics for 1981.