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Serious B8048 crash in North Lanarkshire on 24 August 1987 at 20:10 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B8048 in North Lanarkshire at 20:10 on Monday 24 August 1987. The 13-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Aug 1987
Monday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94411, longitude -4.02864, in the G68 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198797NC02408
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
8048
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
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 7 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198797NC02408 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 1987.