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Serious unclassified road crash in South Lanarkshire G74 on 31 May 2009 at 21:55 involving a Peugeot Expert taxi

A Peugeot Expert taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire at 21:55 on Sunday 31 May 2009. A 53-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry road with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 May 2009
Sunday, 21:55
Vehicles
1
Peugeot Expert
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77987, longitude -4.14516, in the G74 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Kilbride. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Kilbride East, South Lanarkshire, G74 3QE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200997QA03305
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
20 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 March 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Expert

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    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
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot Expert)

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 200997QA03305 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 2009.