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Serious B8038 crash in North Lanarkshire on 16 March 1985 at 20:05 involving a car

A car crashed on the B8038 in North Lanarkshire at 20:05 on Saturday 16 March 1985. The 27-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Mar 1985
Saturday, 20:05
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93763, longitude -3.98507, in the G67 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cumbernauld.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198597NC03303
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
8038
Road type
Dual 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 unlit
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 25 January 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, 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 198597NC03303 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 1985.