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A74 crash in North Lanarkshire on 26 April 2003 at 12:00 involving a Renault Clio

A Renault Clio, a Ford Focus and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A74 in North Lanarkshire at 12:00 on Saturday 26 April 2003. An 11-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series and the 40-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Apr 2003
Saturday, 12:00
Vehicles
3
Renault Clio and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83451, longitude -4.10409, in the G71 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorniewood, North Lanarkshire, G71 7TR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200397ND03304
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
74
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Motorway
Second road number
73

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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 2013.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Clio

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,149 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)

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 200397ND03304 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.