A721 crash in North Lanarkshire on 1 November 2017 at 09:05 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire at 09:05 on Wednesday 1 November 2017. The 31-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Nov 2017
- Wednesday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82061, longitude -4.03856, in the ML4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, ML4 3DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201797ND00111
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 721
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 721
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Auto traffic signal, out
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2013.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A775 in North Lanarkshire, 19 November 2013
1 m awayRef 201397ND02611
Slight
Vauxhall Adam crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 22 September 2025
1 m awayRef 2025991651078
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 8 July 2013
2 m awayRef 201397ND00707
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 10 May 2010
6 m awayRef 201097ND00805
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 23 May 2000
6 m awayRef 200097PC04805
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 20 July 2014
6 m awayRef 201497ND02307
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 201797ND00111 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.