M80 crash in North Lanarkshire on 27 July 2017 at 13:45 involving a Citroen C1
Four vehicles, including a Citroen C1 and a Ford Fiesta, were involved in a crash on the M80 in North Lanarkshire at 13:45 on Thursday 27 July 2017. An 8-year-old male passenger in the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jul 2017
- Thursday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Citroen C1 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95507, longitude -3.99378, in the G67 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cumbernauld North, North Lanarkshire, G68 0BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201797NC75107
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 80
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2016.
Slight
Kia Venga crash on the M80 in North Lanarkshire, 23 May 2016
30 m awayRef 201697NC70405
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the M80 in North Lanarkshire, 16 May 2025
44 m awayRef 2025991593598
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the M80 in North Lanarkshire, 19 April 2019
45 m awayRef 201997NC75204
Slight
Car crash on the A80 in North Lanarkshire, 22 August 1987
46 m awayRef 198797NC02308
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the M80 in North Lanarkshire, 16 November 2023
46 m awayRef 2023991375147
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M80 in North Lanarkshire, 29 August 2014
46 m awayRef 201497NC70308
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 201797NC75107 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.