B783 crash in South Lanarkshire on 10 July 2002 at 14:20 involving a car
A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B783 in South Lanarkshire at 14:20 on Wednesday 10 July 2002. The 84-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jul 2002
- Wednesday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77244, longitude -4.17967, in the G74 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Kilbride. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Kilbride Central North, South Lanarkshire, G74 4AD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200297QA01507
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 783
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- C
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1999.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B783 in South Lanarkshire, 2 November 1999
14 m awayRef 199997QA00311
Slight
Car crash on the B783 in South Lanarkshire, 8 July 1985
36 m awayRef 198597QA02207
Slight
Car crash on the B783 in South Lanarkshire, 22 March 1989
36 m awayRef 198997QA04603
Slight
Car crash on the B783 in South Lanarkshire, 10 March 1998
36 m awayRef 199897QA01803
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B783 in South Lanarkshire, 7 January 1996
36 m awayRef 199697QA00701
Serious
Car crash on the B783 in South Lanarkshire, 24 November 1984
36 m awayRef 198497QA05611
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 200297QA01507 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 2002.