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Serious A803 crash in Falkirk on 21 November 1991 at 17:30 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry hit a pedestrian on the A803 in Falkirk at 17:30 on Thursday 21 November 1991. A 76-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Nov 1991
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00321, longitude -3.81202, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camelon.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199196PF07903
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 76, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199196PF07903 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.