Unclassified road crash in South Lanarkshire ML10 on 4 December 2003 at 16:45 involving a motorcycle
Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire at 16:45 on Thursday 4 December 2003. The 40-year-old female rider of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2003
- Thursday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.67458, longitude -4.07466, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200397QA01812
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 95 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 1987.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 17 May 1987
95 m awayRef 198797QA03605
Slight
Van crash on the A71 in South Lanarkshire, 2 August 1989
114 m awayRef 198997QA00108
Serious
Peugeot 406 crash on the B743 in South Lanarkshire, 7 July 2000
163 m awayRef 200097QA01007
Serious
Mazda Premacy crash on the B743 in South Lanarkshire, 12 August 2006
178 m awayRef 200697QA01608
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A71 in South Lanarkshire, 18 October 2023
190 m awayRef 2023991364392
Slight
Car crash on the A723 in South Lanarkshire, 3 May 1985
192 m awayRef 198597QA00205
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 200397QA01812 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 2003.