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Serious A81 crash in Stirling on 25 August 1996 at 22:30 involving a bicycle

A vehicle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A81 in Stirling at 22:30 on Sunday 25 August 1996. The 20-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Aug 1996
Sunday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.07818, longitude -4.37236, in the G63 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199696BK09729
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
81
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199696BK09729 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 1996.