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A71 crash in South Lanarkshire on 16 October 2021 at 18:37 involving a Porsche 911

A Porsche 911 and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the A71 in South Lanarkshire at 18:37 on Saturday 16 October 2021. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Porsche 911 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 2021
Saturday, 18:37
Vehicles
2
Porsche 911 and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.66925, longitude -4.09134, 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
2021991099355
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
71
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 62 metres away, was a fatal crash on 3 February 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Porsche 911

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    3,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    2,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Porsche 911)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2021991099355 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 2021.