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Serious A88 crash in Falkirk on 4 June 1985 at 15:35 involving a van

A van and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A88 in Falkirk at 15:35 on Tuesday 4 June 1985. The 40-year-old female rider of the motor scooter was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jun 1985
Tuesday, 15:35
Vehicles
2
Van and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.04056, longitude -3.77685, in the FK2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198596WF15082
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
88
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
9086

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 198596WF15082 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Falkirk road accident statistics for 1985.