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B754 crash in North Lanarkshire on 6 July 2010 at 22:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B754 in North Lanarkshire at 22:45 on Tuesday 6 July 2010. An 18-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and the 18-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jul 2010
Tuesday, 22:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.78302, longitude -3.98441, in the ML1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Motherwell. It is one of the crashes that make up the Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig, North Lanarkshire, ML1 2UD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201097NE70107
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
754
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

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 201097NE70107 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 2010.