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Unclassified road crash in North Lanarkshire ML5 on 31 August 2017 at 15:25 involving a Nissan Qashqai

A Nissan Qashqai and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire at 15:25 on Thursday 31 August 2017. The 42-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Aug 2017
Thursday, 15:25
Vehicles
2
Nissan Qashqai and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8659, longitude -4.01899, in the ML5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coatbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coatbridge North, North Lanarkshire, ML5 3BA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201797NA02708
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 7 January 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most 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 201797NA02708 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 2017.