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Unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK1 on 6 December 1992 at 00:35 involving an MCW bus

An MCW bus crashed on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 00:35 on Sunday 6 December 1992. The 28-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Dec 1992
Sunday, 00:35
Vehicles
1
MCW
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.0002, longitude -3.79616, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falkirk.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199296PF05199
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, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MCW

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,045 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (MCW)

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 199296PF05199 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 1992.