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Fatal unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK1 on 5 September 1994 at 15:35 involving a JCB

A JCB hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 15:35 on Monday 5 September 1994. A 79-year-old female pedestrian and a 77-year-old female pedestrian were killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Sep 1994
Monday, 15:35
Vehicles
1
JCB
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99476, longitude -3.781, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falkirk.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199496BF08205
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 127 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: JCB

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (JCB)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (JCB)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199496BF08205 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 1994.