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Fatal A725 crash in South Lanarkshire on 25 November 1996 at 16:01 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A725 in South Lanarkshire at 16:01 on Monday 25 November 1996. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Nov 1996
Monday, 16:01
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.76912, longitude -4.22201, in the G74 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697QA70311
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
725
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 35 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 199697QA70311 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 1996.