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Serious A9 crash in Falkirk on 20 December 1995 at 10:00 involving a MAN van

A vehicle and a MAN van were involved in a crash on the A9 in Falkirk at 10:00 on Wednesday 20 December 1995. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 14-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured and a 21-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1995
Wednesday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and MAN
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01275, longitude -3.77396, in the FK2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falkirk.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199596NS09008
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

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

  • Vehicle 2: MAN

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    4,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 199596NS09008 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 1995.