B761 crash in South Lanarkshire on 11 April 2014 at 22:30 involving an Optare bus
An Optare bus hit a pedestrian on the B761 in South Lanarkshire at 22:30 on Friday 11 April 2014. A 62-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Apr 2014
- Friday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Optare
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.76633, longitude -4.17939, 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 4AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497QA01504
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2011.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 15 November 2011
6 m awayRef 201197QA02011
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 6 May 1984
34 m awayRef 198497QA01005
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 18 February 2005
42 m awayRef 200597QA03402
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the B761 in South Lanarkshire, 28 April 2009
52 m awayRef 200997QA03504
Serious
Minibus crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 21 October 2020
53 m awayRef 2020990991965
Slight
Car crash on the B761 in South Lanarkshire, 12 September 2002
61 m awayRef 200297QA04609
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Optare
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,250 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Optare)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 201497QA01504 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 2014.