M80 crash in North Lanarkshire on 14 July 2021 at 09:00 involving a Mini John Cooper Works
A Mini John Cooper Works and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the M80 in North Lanarkshire at 09:00 on Wednesday 14 July 2021. The 44-year-old female driver of the Mini John Cooper Works was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jul 2021
- Wednesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini John Cooper Works and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93098, longitude -4.03874, in the G67 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cumbernauld North, North Lanarkshire, G68 9EE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991066879
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 80
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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, 35 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A80 in North Lanarkshire, 2 October 2009
35 m awayRef 200997NC00410
Serious
Saab 9-3 crash on the A80 in North Lanarkshire, 18 April 2010
35 m awayRef 201097NC70104
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A80 in North Lanarkshire, 29 October 1996
49 m awayRef 199697NC05410
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A80 in North Lanarkshire, 25 May 1992
64 m awayRef 199297NC04305
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A80 in North Lanarkshire, 20 May 1995
85 m awayRef 199597NC02405
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M80 in North Lanarkshire, 19 December 2024
96 m awayRef 2024991532455
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini John Cooper Works
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mini John Cooper Works)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021991066879 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 2021.