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Fatal A905 crash in Stirling on 18 August 1985 at 14:25 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A905 in Stirling at 14:25 on Sunday 18 August 1985. A 9-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Aug 1985
Sunday, 14:25
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.10464, longitude -3.87949, in the FK7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fallin.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198596NS11099
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
905
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 slight injury crash on 8 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198596NS11099 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.