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Serious A89 crash in North Lanarkshire on 11 January 1994 at 16:50 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a car were involved in a crash on the A89 in North Lanarkshire at 16:50 on Tuesday 11 January 1994. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was seriously injured and the 54-year-old female driver of the car and a 25-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jan 1994
Tuesday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and car
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.87646, longitude -3.93239, in the ML6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plains.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199497NB01901
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
89
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 21 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 199497NB01901 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 1994.