B7070 crash in North Lanarkshire on 12 June 2009 at 23:20 involving a Mazda 5
A Mazda 5, a BMW 5 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B7070 in North Lanarkshire at 23:20 on Friday 12 June 2009. A 39-year-old male passenger in the BMW 5 Series, a 37-year-old male passenger in the BMW 5 Series and the 42-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jun 2009
- Friday, 23:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mazda 5 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8213, longitude -4.02339, in the ML4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bellshill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, ML4 3DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997ND70106
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7070
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 40%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 60%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B7070 in North Lanarkshire, 29 November 2003
28 m awayRef 200397ND04411
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the B7070 in North Lanarkshire, 4 April 2004
28 m awayRef 200497ND00404
Slight
Optare Metrorider crash on the B7070 in North Lanarkshire, 10 October 2005
30 m awayRef 200597ND01410
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B7070 in North Lanarkshire, 27 May 1995
36 m awayRef 199597PC02505
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the B7070 in North Lanarkshire, 14 September 1993
36 m awayRef 199397PC01809
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B7070 in North Lanarkshire, 10 July 1992
36 m awayRef 199297PC01307
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
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 200997ND70106 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 2009.