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Serious unclassified road crash in North Lanarkshire ML2 on 20 November 2020 at 14:50 involving a BMW X4

A BMW X4 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire at 14:50 on Friday 20 November 2020. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Nov 2020
Friday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
BMW X4
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77661, longitude -3.9401, in the ML2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wishaw. It is one of the crashes that make up the Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig, North Lanarkshire, ML2 0NH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020991000550
Council area
North Lanarkshire
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW X4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW X4)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10% 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 2020991000550 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 2020.