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A993 crash in Falkirk on 25 March 1980 at 18:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A993 in Falkirk at 18:40 on Tuesday 25 March 1980. The 40-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 1980
Tuesday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01234, longitude -3.60712, in the EH51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bo'ness.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198096VB01035
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
993
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198096VB01035 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.