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B7001 crash in North Lanarkshire on 26 September 2009 at 01:00 involving a Skoda Octavia taxi

A Skoda Octavia taxi hit a pedestrian on the B7001 in North Lanarkshire at 01:00 on Saturday 26 September 2009. A 54-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 2009
Saturday, 01:00
Vehicles
1
Skoda Octavia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82432, longitude -4.05309, in the G71 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uddingston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thorniewood, North Lanarkshire, G71 6LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200997ND70709
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
7001
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
756

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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
33%
Estimated chance it was slight
67%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)

    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 200997ND70709 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.