A80 crash in Falkirk on 4 January 1991 at 14:20 involving an ERF lorry
Five vehicles, including an ERF lorry and a Ford Orion, were involved in a crash on the A80 in Falkirk at 14:20 on Friday 4 January 1991. The 55-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion and a 49-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jan 1991
- Friday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 5
- ERF and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99077, longitude -3.94403, in the FK4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banknock.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199196BF11277
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- 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, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 October 2013.
Serious
Hyundai i20 crash on the M80 in Falkirk, 9 October 2013
15 m awayRef 2013961301864
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the M80 in Falkirk, 29 October 2021
22 m awayRef 2021991103906
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the M80 in Falkirk, 5 February 2022
22 m awayRef 2022991140440
Slight
Car crash on the A80 in Falkirk, 22 October 2008
22 m awayRef 2008960802593
Slight
Car crash on the A80 in Falkirk, 28 February 1989
22 m awayRef 198996BF12047
Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M80 in Falkirk, 15 December 2021
27 m awayRef 2021991122024
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: ERF
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Orion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 5: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (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 199196BF11277 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 1991.