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A724 crash in South Lanarkshire on 6 July 1990 at 13:25 involving a Volvo 245

A Volvo 245 hit a pedestrian on the A724 in South Lanarkshire at 13:25 on Friday 6 July 1990. A 14-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jul 1990
Friday, 13:25
Vehicles
1
Volvo 245
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81683, longitude -4.16727, in the G72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambuslang.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097FC02007
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
724
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
763

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 serious injury crash on 8 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 245

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 245)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199097FC02007 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 1990.