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Serious A88 crash in Falkirk on 25 February 1993 at 19:15 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Scirocco were involved in a crash on the A88 in Falkirk at 19:15 on Thursday 25 February 1993. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Feb 1993
Thursday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Scirocco
Casualties
5
2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.04148, longitude -3.77528, in the FK2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199396WF15867
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
9036

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199396WF15867 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.