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Serious A883 crash in Falkirk on 21 February 1996 at 22:30 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 crashed on the A883 in Falkirk at 22:30 on Wednesday 21 February 1996. A 15-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver and a 20-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Feb 1996
Wednesday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
Renault 5
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01068, longitude -3.85937, in the FK4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199696BF11524
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
883
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    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 199696BF11524 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 1996.