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Serious A801 crash in Falkirk on 6 June 1990 at 14:40 involving a Fiat Uno

A car and a Fiat Uno were involved in a crash on the A801 in Falkirk at 14:40 on Wednesday 6 June 1990. A 2-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Uno and the 25-year-old male driver of the Fiat Uno were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jun 1990
Wednesday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Fiat Uno
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94881, longitude -3.68135, 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
199096UG10639
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
801
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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 with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Uno

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Uno)

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 199096UG10639 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 1990.