A759 crash in South Lanarkshire on 20 July 2013 at 08:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A759 in South Lanarkshire at 08:40 on Saturday 20 July 2013. The 52-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2013
- Saturday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.79851, longitude -4.20971, in the G73 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201397QA02307
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 759
- 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
- 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
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2016.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B759 in South Lanarkshire, 12 May 2016
2 m awayRef 201697QA01605
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 25 May 1988
63 m awayRef 198897FB05705
Serious
Car crash on the B759 in South Lanarkshire, 30 March 1986
88 m awayRef 198697QA07603
Serious
Saab 9-3 crash on the B759 in South Lanarkshire, 20 August 2023
115 m awayRef 2023991345141
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 9 July 1985
129 m awayRef 198597FC01707
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B759 in South Lanarkshire, 17 May 1993
136 m awayRef 199397FC02605
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 52, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201397QA02307 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 2013.