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Fatal A89 crash in North Lanarkshire on 13 March 1988 at 03:40 involving a car

A car crashed on the A89 in North Lanarkshire at 03:40 on Sunday 13 March 1988. The 17-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
13 Mar 1988
Sunday, 03:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85709, longitude -4.07364, in the G69 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198897NA02003
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
89
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, 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 198897NA02003 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 1988.