B7071 crash in South Lanarkshire on 7 August 2000 at 21:55 involving a Renault lorry
A Renault lorry crashed on the B7071 in South Lanarkshire at 21:55 on Monday 7 August 2000. The 35-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 2000
- Monday, 21:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81978, longitude -4.06083, in the G71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uddingston.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200097QB03008
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7071
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2003.
Slight
Car crash on the B756 in North Lanarkshire, 20 August 2003
10 m awayRef 200397ND02308
Slight
Car crash on the B756 in North Lanarkshire, 11 October 2006
20 m awayRef 200697ND01110
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire, 29 June 1987
28 m awayRef 198797PC04706
Slight
Scooter crash on the B756 in North Lanarkshire, 23 February 1988
28 m awayRef 198897QB08602
Fatal
Lorry crash on a C road in North Lanarkshire, 1 July 1983
28 m awayRef 198397PC00107
Slight
Car crash on the B756 in North Lanarkshire, 13 September 1989
28 m awayRef 198997PC02109
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Renault)
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 200097QB03008 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.