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A71 crash in North Lanarkshire on 28 September 1987 at 15:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A71 in North Lanarkshire at 15:00 on Monday 28 September 1987. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 16-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Sep 1987
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.75825, longitude -3.90582, in the ML2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Overtown.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198797PB05709
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
71
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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 slight injury crash on 3 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 198797PB05709 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.