A73 crash in South Lanarkshire on 4 February 2020 at 09:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on the A73 in South Lanarkshire at 09:15 on Tuesday 4 February 2020. The 34-year-old male driver of the car 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
- 4 Feb 2020
- Tuesday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.74118, longitude -3.84242, in the ML8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Carluke.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990966745
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 73
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2008.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A73 in South Lanarkshire, 7 October 2008
8 m awayRef 200897QC01110
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 18 March 2007
10 m awayRef 200797QC02403
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 21 February 1994
28 m awayRef 199497QC06902
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A73 in South Lanarkshire, 4 April 1995
28 m awayRef 199597QC00504
Serious
Car crash on the A73 in South Lanarkshire, 14 August 1981
28 m awayRef 198197QC02008
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A73 in South Lanarkshire, 21 October 1996
28 m awayRef 199697QC05310
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020990966745 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.