B802 crash in North Lanarkshire on 20 December 2016 at 18:55 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B802 in North Lanarkshire at 18:55 on Tuesday 20 December 2016. The 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2016
- Tuesday, 18:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94775, longitude -4.04378, in the G68 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cumbernauld North, North Lanarkshire, G68 9LQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697NC02612
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 802
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 8048
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 January 2007.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B8048 in North Lanarkshire, 29 January 2007
21 m awayRef 200797NC05101
Serious
Car crash on the B8048 in North Lanarkshire, 21 March 1986
41 m awayRef 198697NC02903
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the B8048 in North Lanarkshire, 28 March 2014
49 m awayRef 201497NC03003
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire, 4 September 2008
51 m awayRef 200897NC00909
Serious
Kia Niro crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire, 5 March 2019
55 m awayRef 201997NC00103
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B8048 in North Lanarkshire, 8 March 2025
59 m awayRef 2025991563860
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 201697NC02612 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.