A724 crash in South Lanarkshire on 30 April 2008 at 14:15 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A724 in South Lanarkshire at 14:15 on Wednesday 30 April 2008. A 15-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Apr 2008
- Wednesday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81919, longitude -4.16871, in the G72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambuslang. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cambuslang West, South Lanarkshire, G72 7EP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200897QD02604
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 724
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 May 2003.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A724 in South Lanarkshire, 17 May 2003
At the same spotRef 200397QD01605
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A724 in South Lanarkshire, 16 July 2004
At the same spotRef 200497QD00707
Fatal
Honda XR125L crash on the A724 in South Lanarkshire, 9 July 2016
5 m awayRef 201697QD00207
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A724 in South Lanarkshire, 3 August 2018
6 m awayRef 201897QD01208
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A724 in South Lanarkshire, 6 September 2025
10 m awayRef 2025991638292
Slight
Car crash on the A724 in South Lanarkshire, 2 March 2009
10 m awayRef 200997QD02003
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 200897QD02604 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 2008.