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A726 crash in South Lanarkshire on 19 May 2005 at 09:30 involving an MG ZR

A car and an MG ZR were involved in a crash on the A726 in South Lanarkshire at 09:30 on Thursday 19 May 2005. The 50-year-old female driver of the MG ZR and a 42-year-old female passenger in the MG ZR were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet slip road with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 May 2005
Thursday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Car and MG ZR
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.7671, longitude -4.21683, 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 West, South Lanarkshire, G79 1AA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200597QA02105
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
726
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
50 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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 February 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG ZR

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG ZR)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG ZR)

    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 200597QA02105 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 2005.