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Serious unclassified road crash in South Lanarkshire ML8 on 20 September 1998 at 16:10 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire at 16:10 on Sunday 20 September 1998. A 5-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Sep 1998
Sunday, 16:10
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 205
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.72914, longitude -3.81045, in the ML8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Carluke.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897QC04609
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199897QC04609 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.