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A725 crash in South Lanarkshire on 16 November 2003 at 15:00 involving a Leyland bus

A Leyland bus and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire at 15:00 on Sunday 16 November 2003. An 83-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Nov 2003
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77535, longitude -4.16213, in the G74 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Kilbride. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Kilbride East, South Lanarkshire, G74 3XH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200397QA03211
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
725
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
C

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200397QA03211 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.