A73 crash in North Lanarkshire on 7 March 2012 at 09:45 involving a Vauxhall Antara
A Vauxhall Antara, a Vauxhall Astra and a Hyundai Amica were involved in a crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire at 09:45 on Wednesday 7 March 2012. The 33-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Antara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Mar 2012
- Wednesday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Antara and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.89019, longitude -3.97612, in the ML6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glenmavis.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201297NA01403
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 73
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 February 1995.
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 23 February 1995
10 m awayRef 199597NB05302
Serious
Car crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 14 February 1981
10 m awayRef 198197NB02802
Slight
Seat Altea crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 27 September 2025
32 m awayRef 2025991664442
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 2 April 1994
100 m awayRef 199497NB00904
Slight
Van crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 22 June 1987
100 m awayRef 198797NB03306
Serious
Car crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 6 August 1982
100 m awayRef 198297NB00508
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Antara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,991 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Hyundai Amica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Antara)
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 201297NA01403 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 2012.