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Serious A723 crash in South Lanarkshire on 13 March 1989 at 07:45 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A723 in South Lanarkshire at 07:45 on Monday 13 March 1989. The 49-year-old female driver of the car was seriously 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
13 Mar 1989
Monday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously 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
198997QA02103
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 (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 49, 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 198997QA02103 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 1989.