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A80 crash in North Lanarkshire on 23 December 1991 at 08:10 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Volvo 740 were involved in a crash on the A80 in North Lanarkshire at 08:10 on Monday 23 December 1991. The 27-year-old male driver of the Volvo 740 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1991
Monday, 08:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Volvo 740
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.91279, longitude -4.07501, in the G69 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197DC10012
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
80
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 740

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 740)

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 199197DC10012 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 1991.