B743 crash in South Lanarkshire on 27 February 2002 at 12:00 involving a Toyota Hilux
A Toyota Hilux and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B743 in South Lanarkshire at 12:00 on Wednesday 27 February 2002. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 21-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Feb 2002
- Wednesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Hilux and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.57424, longitude -4.09316, in the KA18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200297QA05902
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 743
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2003.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B743 in South Lanarkshire, 15 December 2003
20 m awayRef 200397QA03812
Serious
Suzuki GSXR 750 crash on the B743 in South Lanarkshire, 7 June 2017
106 m awayRef 201797QA75106
Slight
Honda crash on the B743 in South Lanarkshire, 16 April 2002
433 m awayRef 200297QA02404
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the B743 in South Lanarkshire, 25 January 2025
600 m awayRef 2025991546187
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B743 in South Lanarkshire, 25 July 2021
601 m awayRef 2021991069887
Slight
Car crash on the B743 in South Lanarkshire, 14 April 1998
615 m awayRef 199897QA02104
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,446 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 200297QA05902 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.