B7012 crash in South Lanarkshire on 10 October 2017 at 16:15 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the B7012 in South Lanarkshire at 16:15 on Tuesday 10 October 2017. A 36-year-old male passenger in the Mini One and the 33-year-old male driver of the Mini One were 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
- 10 Oct 2017
- Tuesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Mini One
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.78421, longitude -4.08769, in the G72 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, G72 0NN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201797QB01110
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7012
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- 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
- 725
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, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 1990.
Slight
Opel Manta crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 19 March 1990
31 m awayRef 199097QB07503
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 4 October 1994
31 m awayRef 199497QB00910
Slight
Car crash on the A725 in South Lanarkshire, 3 February 1989
31 m awayRef 198997QB00702
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B7012 in South Lanarkshire, 28 September 1994
31 m awayRef 199497QB07409
Slight
Bus crash on the B7012 in South Lanarkshire, 22 July 1993
31 m awayRef 199397QB05907
Serious
Yamaha MT crash on the B7012 in South Lanarkshire, 6 June 2021
53 m awayRef 2021991052770
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini One
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini One)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 201797QB01110 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Lanarkshire road accident statistics for 2017.