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A872 crash in Stirling on 22 January 1986 at 23:45 involving a car

A car crashed on the A872 in Stirling at 23:45 on Wednesday 22 January 1986. A 51-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on a dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 1986
Wednesday, 23:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.10016, longitude -3.93716, in the FK7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stirling.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198696LS07014
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
872
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198696LS07014 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 1986.