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Fatal M80 crash in Falkirk on 25 November 1986 at 10:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the M80 in Falkirk at 10:30 on Tuesday 25 November 1986. The 40-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 46-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Nov 1986
Tuesday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.03209, longitude -3.92251, in the FK6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198696BF10191
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
80
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
Raining, 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 1 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 46, 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 198696BF10191 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 1986.