A725 crash in North Lanarkshire on 22 December 2019 at 18:25 involving a Peugeot 2008
A Peugeot 2008 and a Mercedes A Class were involved in a crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire at 18:25 on Sunday 22 December 2019. The 21-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2019
- Sunday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 2008 and Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84238, longitude -4.0239, in the ML5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coatbridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coatbridge South, North Lanarkshire, ML5 4SH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019970912527
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 725
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 8
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2019.
Slight
Renault Twingo crash on the A8 in North Lanarkshire, 7 October 2019
2 m awayRef 2019970886316
Serious
Renault Captur crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 10 September 2020
3 m awayRef 2020990979757
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 14 July 2003
4 m awayRef 200397NA70507
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 30 April 2017
4 m awayRef 201797NA04604
Slight
Car crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 14 August 2003
4 m awayRef 200397NA03108
Slight
MG ZS crash on the A725 in North Lanarkshire, 7 April 2003
4 m awayRef 200397NA70104
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes A Class)
- 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 2019970912527 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.