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A723 crash in South Lanarkshire on 29 May 2025 at 07:20 involving a BMW 1 Series taxi

A BMW 1 Series taxi hit a pedestrian on the A723 in South Lanarkshire at 07:20 on Thursday 29 May 2025. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 May 2025
Thursday, 07:20
Vehicles
1
BMW 1 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77537, longitude -4.0316, in the ML3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hamilton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hamilton North and East, South Lanarkshire, ML3 6AQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in South Lanarkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025991595866
Council area
South Lanarkshire
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
723
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
A
Second road number
723

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series

    Taxi or private hire 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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 2025991595866 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 2025.