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B715 crash in North Lanarkshire on 28 August 1996 at 07:30 involving a Vauxhall Astravan

A Vauxhall Astravan and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the B715 in North Lanarkshire at 07:30 on Wednesday 28 August 1996. The 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astravan and the 36-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Aug 1996
Wednesday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astravan and Peugeot 306
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.79417, longitude -3.72573, in the EH47 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697PB03108
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
715
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astravan)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

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 199697PB03108 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 1996.