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Unclassified road crash in North Lanarkshire G68 on 4 October 1991 at 17:00 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire at 17:00 on Friday 4 October 1991. The 34-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Oct 1991
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97404, longitude -3.95649, in the G68 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cumbernauld.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197NC00910
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,045 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

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 199197NC00910 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.