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Unclassified road crash in Stirling FK8 on 23 September 1995 at 20:30 involving a Ford Escort

A taxi and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stirling at 20:30 on Saturday 23 September 1995. A 6-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Sep 1995
Saturday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.12534, longitude -3.94148, in the FK8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stirling.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199596KS05271
Council area
Stirling
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 199596KS05271 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 1995.