Serious B8028 crash in Falkirk on 28 December 1979 at 23:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B8028 in Falkirk at 23:00 on Friday 28 December 1979. A 16-year-old female pedestrian hit by vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Serious
Date: 28 Dec 1979; Friday, 23:00
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 seriously injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 197996UG08211
Council area: Falkirk
Police force: Central

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 8028
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

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, street lights lit
Weather: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Frost or ice

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Hit object in carriageway
Parked vehicle
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
33 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Parked
Travelling from
Parked
Travelling to
Parked
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
29 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Pedestrian
Serious
Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 2 (Car)
Pedestrian location
On footway or verge
Pedestrian movement
Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 197996UG08211 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Falkirk road accident statistics for 1979.