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Fatal B7086 crash in South Lanarkshire on 27 April 1998 at 18:55 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series hit a pedestrian on the B7086 in South Lanarkshire at 18:55 on Monday 27 April 1998. A 6-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Apr 1998
Monday, 18:55
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.67307, longitude -4.06071, in the ML10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Strathaven.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897QA70204
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7086
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199897QA70204 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 1998.