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Serious B7057 crash in North Lanarkshire on 19 January 1998 at 08:30 involving a Suzuki Vitara

A Suzuki Vitara and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B7057 in North Lanarkshire at 08:30 on Monday 19 January 1998. The 49-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and the 29-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Vitara were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Jan 1998
Monday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Vitara and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84345, longitude -3.79819, in the ML7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897PB02901
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7057
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 121 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)

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 199897PB02901 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.