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A724 crash in South Lanarkshire on 23 September 2000 at 13:40 involving a Volvo bus

A bus or coach and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A724 in South Lanarkshire at 13:40 on Saturday 23 September 2000. A 49-year-old female pedestrian hit by the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Sep 2000
Saturday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77818, longitude -4.05512, in the ML3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hamilton.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097QB05409
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
724
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    548 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 200097QB05409 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.