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Serious A89 crash in North Lanarkshire on 16 October 1998 at 04:50 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion hit a pedestrian on the A89 in North Lanarkshire at 04:50 on Friday 16 October 1998. An 18-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Oct 1998
Friday, 04:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85714, longitude -4.07044, in the G69 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bargeddie.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897NA02210
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
89
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 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 serious injury crash on 27 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 199897NA02210 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 1998.