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B7071 crash in North Lanarkshire on 5 December 1981 at 17:50 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B7071 in North Lanarkshire at 17:50 on Saturday 5 December 1981. The 52-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 1981
Saturday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82893, longitude -4.0913, in the G71 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198197PC01512
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7071
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
A
Second road number
721

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198197PC01512 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 1981.