B761 crash in South Lanarkshire on 24 February 2012 at 12:05 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Renault Espace were involved in a crash on the B761 in South Lanarkshire at 12:05 on Friday 24 February 2012. An 11-year-old male passenger in the Renault Espace, a 9-year-old female passenger in the Renault Espace and the 29-year-old female driver of the Renault Espace were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2012
- Friday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Renault Espace
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.76726, longitude -4.20775, in the G74 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Kilbride. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Kilbride Central South, South Lanarkshire, G75 8LL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201297QA03302
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 761
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2001.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in South Lanarkshire, 22 June 2001
20 m awayRef 200197QA04407
Slight
Honda SGX50 crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 26 March 2002
32 m awayRef 200297QA04803
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 7 October 1992
41 m awayRef 199297QA01210
Slight
Car crash on the B761 in South Lanarkshire, 23 August 1983
61 m awayRef 198397QA04908
Slight
Car crash on the B761 in South Lanarkshire, 20 January 1983
61 m awayRef 198397QA04001
Slight
Car crash on the B761 in South Lanarkshire, 15 June 1982
61 m awayRef 198297QA03006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Espace)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Espace)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Espace)
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 201297QA03302 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.