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Serious B8048 crash in North Lanarkshire on 12 November 1990 at 23:15 involving a Fiat 126

A Fiat 126 crashed on the B8048 in North Lanarkshire at 23:15 on Monday 12 November 1990. The 54-year-old female driver and a 55-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Nov 1990
Monday, 23:15
Vehicles
1
Fiat 126
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94342, longitude -4.07024, in the G68 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097DC03811
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
8048
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 126

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    652 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 126)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 126)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199097DC03811 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 1990.