A725 crash in South Lanarkshire on 2 May 2000 at 06:50 involving a Leyland DAF FT 85CF lorry
A car and a Leyland DAF FT 85CF lorry were involved in a crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire at 06:50 on Tuesday 2 May 2000. The 33-year-old male driver of the Leyland DAF FT 85CF lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2000
- Tuesday, 06:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Leyland DAF FT 85CF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77597, longitude -4.16264, in the G74 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Kilbride.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200097QA00105
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 725
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 749
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 28 April 2012
10 m awayRef 201297QA03104
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 23 February 1999
10 m awayRef 199997QA03302
Slight
Rover 75 crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 29 October 2004
10 m awayRef 200497QA06110
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 15 February 2007
14 m awayRef 200797QA02702
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 18 September 2013
19 m awayRef 201397QA00809
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 6 December 2000
22 m awayRef 200097QA01712
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Leyland DAF FT 85CF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Leyland DAF FT 85CF)
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 200097QA00105 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 2000.