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Serious A883 crash in Falkirk on 26 June 1993 at 09:35 involving a Volvo 940

A Volvo 940 hit a pedestrian on the A883 in Falkirk at 09:35 on Saturday 26 June 1993. A 2-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jun 1993
Saturday, 09:35
Vehicles
1
Volvo 940
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02448, longitude -3.90865, in the FK6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Denny.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199396XF11299
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
883
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 May 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 940)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199396XF11299 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.