A803 crash in North Lanarkshire on 25 April 1994 at 19:15 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Proton Proton were involved in a crash on the A803 in North Lanarkshire at 19:15 on Monday 25 April 1994. The 49-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort, the 36-year-old female driver of the Proton Proton and an 11-year-old male passenger in the Proton Proton were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Apr 1994
- Monday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Proton Proton
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98143, longitude -4.00014, in the G65 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199497NC02604
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 803
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 2010.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A803 in North Lanarkshire, 3 March 2010
50 m awayRef 201097NC01403
Slight
Car crash on the A803 in North Lanarkshire, 2 October 2002
50 m awayRef 200297NC00610
Fatal
Ford Transit crash on the A803 in North Lanarkshire, 24 February 2016
69 m awayRef 201697NC70302
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A803 in North Lanarkshire, 12 January 2006
76 m awayRef 200697NC01801
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A803 in North Lanarkshire, 14 December 1996
141 m awayRef 199697NC02612
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the A803 in North Lanarkshire, 30 November 1994
141 m awayRef 199497NC06611
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Proton Proton
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (side)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Proton Proton)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Proton Proton)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 199497NC02604 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.