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M80 crash in Falkirk on 31 July 1980 at 15:20 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the M80 in Falkirk at 15:20 on Thursday 31 July 1980. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jul 1980
Thursday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02221, longitude -3.92202, in the FK6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198096BD02070
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
80
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198096BD02070 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 1980.