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A803 crash in Falkirk on 17 December 1987 at 10:45 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A803 in Falkirk at 10:45 on Thursday 17 December 1987. A 76-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1987
Thursday, 10:45
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00254, longitude -3.8083, in the FK1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198796PF07472
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
803
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
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 5 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 198796PF07472 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 1987.