B7078 crash in South Lanarkshire on 18 December 2022 at 10:00 involving a Honda CR-V
A Honda CR-V and a Toyota Verso were involved in a crash on the B7078 in South Lanarkshire at 10:00 on Sunday 18 December 2022. The 46-year-old male driver of the Toyota Verso was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2022
- Sunday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CR-V and Toyota Verso
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.64353, longitude -3.88337, in the ML11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lesmahagow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clydesdale South, South Lanarkshire, ML11 0BS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022991254949
- Council area
- South Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 7078
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Frost or ice
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2006.
Slight
Rover 75 crash on an unclassified road in South Lanarkshire, 19 February 2006
6 m awayRef 200697QC03102
Slight
Car crash on the A74(M) in South Lanarkshire, 26 June 1985
38 m awayRef 198597QC07206
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B7078 in South Lanarkshire, 8 March 1994
38 m awayRef 199497QC03103
Fatal
Mitsubishi crash on the B7078 in South Lanarkshire, 14 July 2013
48 m awayRef 201397QC01807
Serious
Car crash on the B7078 in South Lanarkshire, 13 October 2008
52 m awayRef 200897QC02610
Fatal
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the B7078 in South Lanarkshire, 8 July 2011
66 m awayRef 201197QC70207
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Verso
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Verso)
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 2022991254949 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 2022.