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Fatal M74 crash in South Lanarkshire on 4 October 2000 at 08:15 involving a Mercedes Sprinter lorry

A Mercedes Sprinter lorry crashed on the M74 in South Lanarkshire at 08:15 on Wednesday 4 October 2000. The 27-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Oct 2000
Wednesday, 08:15
Vehicles
1
Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.40914, longitude -3.56408, in the ML12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097QC70210
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
74
Road type
Dual carriageway
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 27, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Sprinter)

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 200097QC70210 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.