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Serious B7066 crash in North Lanarkshire on 5 October 1984 at 07:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B7066 in North Lanarkshire at 07:50 on Friday 5 October 1984. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured and the 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Oct 1984
Friday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85619, longitude -3.78759, in the ML7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198497PC00610
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7066
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 February 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, 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 198497PC00610 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 1984.