A725 crash in North Lanarkshire on 21 June 2016 at 10:05 involving a Vauxhall Zafira taxi
Five vehicles, including a Vauxhall Zafira taxi and a Mercedes Vito, were involved in a crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire at 10:05 on Tuesday 21 June 2016. The 22-year-old male driver of the Volvo C30 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jun 2016
- Tuesday, 10:05
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Zafira and 4 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84727, longitude -4.0219, in the ML5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coatbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coatbridge South, North Lanarkshire, ML5 4SH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697NA03306
- 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
- Dual 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 1998.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 19 June 1998
10 m awayRef 199897NA03106
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 28 August 1992
10 m awayRef 199297NA05808
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 26 June 1994
10 m awayRef 199497NA04606
Serious
Taxi crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 3 January 1993
10 m awayRef 199397NA00201
Slight
Car crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 23 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198697NA04611
Slight
Car crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 29 April 1988
10 m awayRef 198897NA04704
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes Vito
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Volvo C30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 5: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volvo C30)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 201697NA03306 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 2016.