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Serious unclassified road crash in South Lanarkshire G72 on 29 January 1994 at 15:35 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire at 15:35 on Saturday 29 January 1994. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Jan 1994
Saturday, 15:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81877, longitude -4.15939, in the G72 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199497FC04601
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 199497FC04601 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 1994.