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Serious A977 crash in Clackmannanshire on 24 September 1985 at 06:05 involving a lorry

A lorry, two cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A977 in Clackmannanshire at 06:05 on Tuesday 24 September 1985. The 52-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Sep 1985
Tuesday, 06:05
Vehicles
4
Lorry and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.13388, longitude -3.65724, in the FK14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Clackmannanshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198596FA12076
Council area
Clackmannanshire
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
977
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 1994.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, 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 198596FA12076 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.