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A801 crash in Falkirk on 11 October 1991 at 12:55 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on the A801 in Falkirk at 12:55 on Friday 11 October 1991. The 47-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 1991
Friday, 12:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96089, longitude -3.69165, in the FK2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199196UG10977
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
801
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 February 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

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 199196UG10977 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.