Unclassified road crash in North Lanarkshire G68 on 20 January 2002 at 09:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire at 09:30 on Sunday 20 January 2002. A 48-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Punto and a 46-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Punto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jan 2002
- Sunday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95565, longitude -4.01839, in the G68 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200297NC03301
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2003.
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Slight
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Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire, 18 June 2004
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Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire, 30 August 1994
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Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire, 1 June 1992
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200297NC03301 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Lanarkshire road accident statistics for 2002.