B759 crash in South Lanarkshire on 26 August 2009 at 17:35 involving a Ford Fiesta
A vehicle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B759 in South Lanarkshire at 17:35 on Wednesday 26 August 2009. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta 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
- 26 Aug 2009
- Wednesday, 17:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.81338, longitude -4.16695, in the G72 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cambuslang. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cambuslang West, South Lanarkshire, G72 7EP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997QD02408
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 759
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 September 2019.
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Porsche Panamera crash on the B759 in South Lanarkshire, 4 September 2019
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Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B759 in South Lanarkshire, 28 October 2004
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Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B759 in South Lanarkshire, 29 October 1990
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Serious
Austin Metro crash on the B759 in South Lanarkshire, 1 December 1990
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Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 22 September 1988
14 m awayRef 198897FC04709
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 17 March 2006
64 m awayRef 200697QD01903
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200997QD02408 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.