A725 crash in South Lanarkshire on 23 April 2013 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire at 18:00 on Tuesday 23 April 2013. The 52-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Apr 2013
- Tuesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.76359, longitude -4.16565, 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 North, South Lanarkshire, G74 1ND area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201397QA02604
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 761
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
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2025.
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 15 August 2025
8 m awayRef 2025991629161
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A726 in South Lanarkshire, 19 February 2002
8 m awayRef 200297QA04302
Slight
Car crash on the A749 in South Lanarkshire, 12 August 2005
8 m awayRef 200597QA01908
Slight
Porsche Cayenne crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 2 July 2019
10 m awayRef 201997QA00107
Slight
Car crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 25 May 2018
12 m awayRef 201897QA01105
Serious
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 21 January 2024
14 m awayRef 2024991400816
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,098 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 201397QA02604 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.