B7086 crash in South Lanarkshire on 31 August 2020 at 18:00 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B7086 in South Lanarkshire at 18:00 on Monday 31 August 2020. The 56-year-old male rider and a 52-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 2020
- Monday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.6541, longitude -4.0044, in the ML10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990976942
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7086
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 71 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2006.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B7086 in South Lanarkshire, 29 November 2006
71 m awayRef 200697QA05111
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B7086 in South Lanarkshire, 12 July 2014
183 m awayRef 201497QA01007
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B7086 in South Lanarkshire, 7 August 2025
199 m awayRef 2025991626127
Slight
Car crash on the A726 in South Lanarkshire, 13 July 1984
279 m awayRef 198497QA01407
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A726 in South Lanarkshire, 15 June 1998
492 m awayRef 199897QA02406
Serious
Car crash on the A726 in South Lanarkshire, 27 August 1983
525 m awayRef 198397QA06708
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 56, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2020990976942 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.