B7066 crash in North Lanarkshire on 7 February 2003 at 11:15 involving a Citroen XM
A Citroen XM, a Volkswagen Caddy and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B7066 in North Lanarkshire at 11:15 on Friday 7 February 2003. The 36-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane, a 20-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Caddy and the 53-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Caddy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Feb 2003
- Friday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Citroen XM and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82737, longitude -3.94851, in the ML1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200397ND01602
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7066
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 February 2013.
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A775 in North Lanarkshire, 14 February 2013
4 m awayRef 201397ND01602
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A775 in North Lanarkshire, 7 June 2018
8 m awayRef 201897ND00306
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A775 in North Lanarkshire, 8 October 2004
30 m awayRef 200497ND70210
Slight
Ford crash on the A775 in North Lanarkshire, 10 February 1995
57 m awayRef 199597PC01502
Slight
Car crash on the B7066 in North Lanarkshire, 25 January 1988
72 m awayRef 198897PC05001
Fatal
Car crash on the A775 in North Lanarkshire, 30 January 1989
72 m awayRef 198997PC06501
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Citroen XM
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Caddy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Caddy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Caddy)
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 200397ND01602 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.