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A80 crash in North Lanarkshire on 26 February 2019 at 20:25 involving a Fiat 500

A taxi and a Fiat 500 were involved in a crash on the A80 in North Lanarkshire at 20:25 on Tuesday 26 February 2019. A 12-year-old female passenger in the Fiat 500 and the 39-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Feb 2019
Tuesday, 20:25
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Fiat 500
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.90874, longitude -4.082, in the G69 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn, North Lanarkshire, G69 0BN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201997NC00602
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
80
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
12%
Estimated chance it was slight
88%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat 500)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least 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 201997NC00602 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.