A721 crash in North Lanarkshire on 22 May 2009 at 10:15 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire at 10:15 on Friday 22 May 2009. The 50-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 May 2009
- Friday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82069, longitude -4.03853, 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
- 200997ND70905
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 721
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 725
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2006.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 30 November 2006
At the same spotRef 200697ND04611
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A775 in North Lanarkshire, 24 April 2012
At the same spotRef 201297ND02204
Slight
Vauxhall Adam crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 22 September 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991651078
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 1 November 2017
6 m awayRef 201797ND00111
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A775 in North Lanarkshire, 19 November 2013
7 m awayRef 201397ND02611
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 8 July 2013
8 m awayRef 201397ND00707
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
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 200997ND70905 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.