A73 crash in North Lanarkshire on 16 September 2019 at 08:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire at 08:30 on Monday 16 September 2019. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Sep 2019
- Monday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83153, longitude -3.92797, in the ML1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Holytown. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mossend and Holytown, North Lanarkshire, ML1 5GH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019970877896
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 73
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- A
- Second road number
- 73
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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2004.
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 6 August 2004
4 m awayRef 200497ND00608
Slight
Car crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 21 March 2008
4 m awayRef 200897ND02403
Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 22 November 2011
8 m awayRef 201197ND70411
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 30 September 2020
9 m awayRef 2020990985857
Slight
Lorry crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 20 February 2004
10 m awayRef 200497ND02302
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the A73 in North Lanarkshire, 29 August 2006
10 m awayRef 200697ND04108
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2019970877896 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 2019.