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Unclassified road crash in South Lanarkshire G74 on 2 September 2000 at 22:20 involving a taxi

A taxi hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire at 22:20 on Saturday 2 September 2000. An 18-year-old male pedestrian and a 20-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Sep 2000
Saturday, 22:20
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77284, longitude -4.17203, in the G74 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Kilbride.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097QA01209
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 200097QA01209 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.