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Unclassified road crash in South Lanarkshire G74 on 24 December 1997 at 13:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Rover 800 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire at 13:20 on Wednesday 24 December 1997. The 48-year-old female driver of the Rover 800 Series, a 77-year-old female passenger in the Rover 800 Series and the 29-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1997
Wednesday, 13:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Rover 800 Series
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.7754, longitude -4.22237, in the G74 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797QA04812
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 800 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 800 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199797QA04812 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 1997.