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M74 crash in South Lanarkshire on 30 December 2000 at 10:00 involving a Daihatsu Grand Move

A Daihatsu Grand Move and two cars were involved in a crash on the M74 in South Lanarkshire at 10:00 on Saturday 30 December 2000. An 88-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and the 48-year-old female driver of the Daihatsu Grand Move were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Dec 2000
Saturday, 10:00
Vehicles
3
Daihatsu Grand Move and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.65088, longitude -3.8663, in the ML11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200097QC70912
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

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, 286 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Grand Move

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Grand Move)

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 200097QC70912 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.