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A73 crash in North Lanarkshire on 28 December 1999 at 02:00 involving a Mercedes 300

A Mercedes 300 crashed on the A73 in North Lanarkshire at 02:00 on Tuesday 28 December 1999. A 34-year-old male passenger and the 32-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1999
Tuesday, 02:00
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 300
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92277, longitude -3.97906, in the ML6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199997NC70412
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
73
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 133 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,874 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)

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 199997NC70412 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 1999.