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Serious unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK1 on 21 December 1991 at 08:30 involving a Volkswagen van

A Volkswagen van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 08:30 on Saturday 21 December 1991. A 13-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1991
Saturday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00403, longitude -3.81687, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camelon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199196PF07979
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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
Dark, lighting unknown
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 28 July 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 199196PF07979 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.