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A71 crash in South Lanarkshire on 10 February 2002 at 13:30 involving a Suzuki Swift

A car and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A71 in South Lanarkshire at 13:30 on Sunday 10 February 2002. An 8-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Swift and a 1-year-old male passenger in the Suzuki Swift were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 2002
Sunday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Suzuki Swift
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.67648, longitude -4.06378, in the ML10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Strathaven. It is one of the crashes that make up the Avondale and Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire, ML10 6AW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200297QA02602
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
71
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)

    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 200297QA02602 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.