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A725 crash in South Lanarkshire on 6 February 2007 at 20:47 involving a Volkswagen Lupo

A Volkswagen Lupo crashed on the A725 in South Lanarkshire at 20:47 on Tuesday 6 February 2007. The 17-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Feb 2007
Tuesday, 20:47
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Lupo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.78095, longitude -4.14522, in the G74 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Kilbride East, South Lanarkshire, G74 3QE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200797QA01002
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Lupo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Lupo)

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 200797QA01002 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 2007.