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Serious B9132 crash in Falkirk on 6 January 1995 at 17:30 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van, a Vauxhall Cavalier and a Volvo 440 were involved in a crash on the B9132 in Falkirk at 17:30 on Friday 6 January 1995. The 25-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was seriously injured and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jan 1995
Friday, 17:30
Vehicles
3
Ford Transit and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00663, longitude -3.73038, in the FK3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grangemouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199596SG02519
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9132
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 10, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199596SG02519 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.