A722 crash in North Lanarkshire on 6 November 2009 at 13:30 involving a Ford Focus
Four vehicles, including a Ford Focus and a Skoda Superb taxi, were involved in a crash on the A722 in North Lanarkshire at 13:30 on Friday 6 November 2009. The 23-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Nov 2009
- Friday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Focus and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.7766, longitude -3.91361, in the ML2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wishaw. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, ML2 8LA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997NE01211
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 722
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 May 2014.
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A722 in North Lanarkshire, 14 May 2014
4 m awayRef 201497NE01905
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A722 in North Lanarkshire, 5 June 2009
20 m awayRef 200997NE00906
Fatal
Daewoo Matiz crash on the A722 in North Lanarkshire, 17 December 2011
22 m awayRef 201197NE04012
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A722 in North Lanarkshire, 28 May 2012
30 m awayRef 201297NE02805
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A722 in North Lanarkshire, 30 April 2016
41 m awayRef 201697NE04804
Slight
Volvo crash on the A722 in North Lanarkshire, 26 November 2008
41 m awayRef 200897NE05611
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 4: Peugeot Partner
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 200997NE01211 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.