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M8 crash in North Lanarkshire on 25 February 1991 at 07:00 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion, a car and a Ford van were involved in a crash on the M8 in North Lanarkshire at 07:00 on Monday 25 February 1991. The 53-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Feb 1991
Monday, 07:00
Vehicles
3
Ford Orion and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85413, longitude -3.80507, in the ML7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197PB06502
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
8
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

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 199197PB06502 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.