A749 crash in South Lanarkshire on 22 June 2010 at 22:55 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series, a Volkswagen Lupo and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire at 22:55 on Tuesday 22 June 2010. The 28-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Lupo, a 34-year-old male passenger in the BMW 1 Series and a 30-year-old male passenger in the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jun 2010
- Tuesday, 22:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 1 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.79776, longitude -4.17071, in the G72 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201097QA02806
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 749
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- 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
- 44%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 56%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2014.
Slight
DAF Trucks FA 45LF crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 11 April 2014
1 m awayRef 201497QA01404
Serious
MG HS crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 8 May 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991587394
Slight
Dacia Duster crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 19 December 2016
9 m awayRef 201697QA03312
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 8 August 2007
14 m awayRef 200797QA70208
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 19 September 2005
28 m awayRef 200597QA04009
Slight
Car crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 31 July 1979
28 m awayRef 197997QA02707
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Lupo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Lupo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 201097QA02806 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 2010.