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Serious A723 crash in South Lanarkshire on 14 July 1988 at 18:33 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A723 in South Lanarkshire at 18:33 on Thursday 14 July 1988. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jul 1988
Thursday, 18:33
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
5
2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.72063, longitude -4.06481, in the ML3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198897QA02407
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
723
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 198897QA02407 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Lanarkshire road accident statistics for 1988.