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Serious A872 crash in Stirling on 27 April 1990 at 19:30 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro hit a pedestrian on the A872 in Stirling at 19:30 on Friday 27 April 1990. A 27-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Apr 1990
Friday, 19:30
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.09923, longitude -3.93872, in the FK7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stirling.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199096BS07074
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
Footbridge or subway

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 23 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    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 199096BS07074 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 1990.