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Serious A985 crash in Clackmannanshire on 20 September 1982 at 22:25 involving a taxi

A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A985 in Clackmannanshire at 22:25 on Monday 20 September 1982. The 50-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Sep 1982
Monday, 22:25
Vehicles
2
Taxi and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.10837, longitude -3.74781, in the FK10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Clackmannanshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198296EA06167
Council area
Clackmannanshire
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
985
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198296EA06167 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Clackmannanshire road accident statistics for 1982.