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M9 crash in Stirling on 31 December 1985 at 11:35 involving a car

A car crashed on the M9 in Stirling at 11:35 on Tuesday 31 December 1985. The 25-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a snow-covered dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 1985
Tuesday, 11:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.07275, longitude -3.90847, in the FK7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198596BS10383
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
9
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 112 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, 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 198596BS10383 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 1985.