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A88 crash in Falkirk on 16 December 1993 at 18:45 involving a Renault 25

A car and a Renault 25 were involved in a crash on the A88 in Falkirk at 18:45 on Thursday 16 December 1993. The 27-year-old male driver of the Renault 25 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 1993
Thursday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Renault 25
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.03653, longitude -3.80716, in the FK5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199396WF14397
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
88
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 May 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    2,165 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 25)

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 199396WF14397 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 1993.