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Serious A72 crash in South Lanarkshire on 3 September 2024 at 13:30 involving a Ford Puma

A Ford Puma and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the A72 in South Lanarkshire at 13:30 on Tuesday 3 September 2024. The 67-year-old male driver of the Ford Puma, an 85-year-old female passenger in the Ford Puma and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Ford Puma were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Sep 2024
Tuesday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Puma and Toyota Aygo
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.67521, longitude -3.80574, in the ML11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clydesdale North, South Lanarkshire, ML11 9JW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024991486909
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
72
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

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

Serious injury band
Very 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Puma

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Puma)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Puma)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Very serious

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Puma)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

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 2024991486909 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 2024.