B803 crash in North Lanarkshire on 21 February 2003 at 07:40 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the B803 in North Lanarkshire at 07:40 on Friday 21 February 2003. A 33-year-old male passenger and the 24-year-old male driver were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2003
- Friday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.92173, longitude -3.91387, in the ML6 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200397NA06302
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 803
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 78 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2022.
Slight
Honda CR-V crash on the B803 in North Lanarkshire, 27 July 2022
78 m awayRef 2022991203220
Slight
Car crash on the B803 in North Lanarkshire, 4 February 2001
85 m awayRef 200197NA01102
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B803 in North Lanarkshire, 15 October 1994
100 m awayRef 199497NB04310
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B803 in North Lanarkshire, 30 August 1991
100 m awayRef 199197NB05708
Fatal
Ford Escort crash on the B803 in North Lanarkshire, 17 February 1996
100 m awayRef 199697NB03602
Slight
Kia Magentis crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire, 16 June 2011
134 m awayRef 201197NA02606
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 200397NA06302 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 2003.