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A84 crash in Stirling on 1 August 1996 at 02:40 involving a Scania lorry

A lorry and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A84 in Stirling at 02:40 on Thursday 1 August 1996. A 66-year-old female passenger in the Scania lorry, a 27-year-old female passenger in the Scania lorry and a 3-year-old female passenger in the Scania lorry were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Aug 1996
Thursday, 02:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Scania
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.3039, longitude -4.31763, in the FK18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199696IK07537
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
84
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    11,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Scania)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Scania)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Scania)

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 199696IK07537 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.