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Serious A908 crash in Clackmannanshire on 29 November 1985 at 15:25 involving a van

A van and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A908 in Clackmannanshire at 15:25 on Friday 29 November 1985. A 12-year-old female pedestrian hit by the van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Nov 1985
Friday, 15:25
Vehicles
2
Van and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.13677, longitude -3.77324, 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
198596FA11115
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
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198596FA11115 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 1985.