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B799 crash in North Lanarkshire on 31 March 1987 at 09:35 involving a car

A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on the B799 in North Lanarkshire at 09:35 on Tuesday 31 March 1987. The 41-year-old male driver of the car, the 23-year-old male driver of the taxi and a 23-year-old male passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 1987
Tuesday, 09:35
Vehicles
2
Car and taxi
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82652, longitude -3.96504, in the ML1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Holytown.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198797PC04003
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
799
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198797PC04003 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.