Serious unclassified road crash in North Lanarkshire G67 on 2 February 2007 at 00:05 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire at 00:05 on Friday 2 February 2007. The 43-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Feb 2007
- Friday, 00:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Suzuki GSX 1400
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93948, longitude -3.97943, in the G67 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200797NC00302
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2014.
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Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B8054 in North Lanarkshire, 18 April 2005
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Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the B8054 in North Lanarkshire, 28 October 2014
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Slight
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Fatal
Van crash on the B8054 in North Lanarkshire, 11 December 1981
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSX 1400
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSX 1400)
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 200797NC00302 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 2007.