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Serious A726 crash in South Lanarkshire on 3 January 1981 at 21:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A726 in South Lanarkshire at 21:45 on Saturday 3 January 1981. A 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Jan 1981
Saturday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.7119, longitude -4.10255, in the ML10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198197QA00301
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
726
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, 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 198197QA00301 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.