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M80 crash in Stirling on 27 January 1992 at 08:30 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the M80 in Stirling at 08:30 on Monday 27 January 1992. The 35-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 1992
Monday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.05192, longitude -3.91868, in the FK6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199296BS09566
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 199296BS09566 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 1992.