A721 crash in North Lanarkshire on 11 July 2025 at 19:44 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic hit two pedestrians on the A721 in North Lanarkshire at 19:44 on Friday 11 July 2025. An 18-year-old male pedestrian and a 21-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 2025
- Friday, 19:44
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.77804, longitude -3.95274, in the ML2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wishaw. It is one of the crashes that make up the Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig, North Lanarkshire, ML1 2TU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Lanarkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991628636
- Council area
- North Lanarkshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 721
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 24 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 February 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 26 February 1982
24 m awayRef 198297PB02502
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 19 December 2002
24 m awayRef 200297NE06312
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 20 April 2013
28 m awayRef 201397NE03004
Slight
Kawasaki ZR1200 crash on the A721 in North Lanarkshire, 3 November 2004
62 m awayRef 200497NE00111
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire, 18 January 2020
75 m awayRef 2020990920831
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Lanarkshire, 26 November 1988
84 m awayRef 198897PB06711
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025991628636 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 2025.