A725 crash in South Lanarkshire on 19 July 2012 at 06:38 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 crashed on the A725 in South Lanarkshire at 06:38 on Thursday 19 July 2012. The 52-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jul 2012
- Thursday, 06:38
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77932, longitude -4.15629, in the G74 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Kilbride East, South Lanarkshire, G74 3XH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201297QA01407
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 725
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Fine, 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 2006.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 11 July 2006
14 m awayRef 200697QA01407
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 26 September 1991
40 m awayRef 199197QA07209
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 1 October 1998
40 m awayRef 199897QA00110
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 26 June 1991
40 m awayRef 199197QA06006
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 21 November 1996
40 m awayRef 199697QA70211
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 7 December 1996
40 m awayRef 199697QA01112
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Nearside or offside crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,771 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
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 201297QA01407 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 2012.