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A73 crash in North Lanarkshire on 1 January 1991 at 18:30 involving a Lada Riva

A Lada Riva and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire at 18:30 on Tuesday 1 January 1991. The 29-year-old female driver of the Lada Riva and a 35-year-old male passenger in the Lada Riva were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jan 1991
Tuesday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Lada Riva and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85531, longitude -3.9633, in the ML6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Airdrie.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197NB00501
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
73
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 February 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lada Riva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lada Riva)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lada Riva)

    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 199197NB00501 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.