A725 crash in North Lanarkshire on 9 December 2014 at 13:10 involving an Iveco lorry
An Iveco lorry and a Suzuki Vitara were involved in a crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire at 13:10 on Tuesday 9 December 2014. The 48-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Vitara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Dec 2014
- Tuesday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco and Suzuki Vitara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8201, longitude -4.04021, in the ML4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bellshill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, ML4 3DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497ND00512
- Council area
- North 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
- 30 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
- 7001
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2025.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 25 June 2025
1 m awayRef 2025991612736
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 18 October 2010
4 m awayRef 201097ND02410
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 30 September 2012
4 m awayRef 201297ND03009
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A725 in East Renfrewshire, 10 April 2003
4 m awayRef 200397GC41404
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 19 March 2018
5 m awayRef 201897ND75103
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 19 February 2000
8 m awayRef 200097PC70202
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,920 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Vitara)
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 201497ND00512 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 2014.