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Serious A908 crash in Clackmannanshire on 1 December 1983 at 15:50 involving a taxi

A taxi and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A908 in Clackmannanshire at 15:50 on Thursday 1 December 1983. The 36-year-old male driver of the taxi was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Dec 1983
Thursday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Taxi and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.12318, longitude -3.78065, in the FK10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Alloa.

Map of where the crash happened in Clackmannanshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198396EA05182
Council area
Clackmannanshire
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
908
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

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

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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 198396EA05182 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 1983.