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Serious unclassified road crash in South Lanarkshire ML3 on 15 February 2020 at 14:40 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire at 14:40 on Saturday 15 February 2020. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 2020
Saturday, 14:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77851, longitude -4.03885, in the ML3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hamilton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hamilton North and East, South Lanarkshire, ML3 6AQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020990930598
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
72

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

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2020990930598 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 2020.