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A801 crash in Falkirk on 28 October 1996 at 14:30 involving a Toyota MR2

A Toyota MR2, a Ford Sierra and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A801 in Falkirk at 14:30 on Monday 28 October 1996. The 30-year-old male driver of the Toyota MR2, the 27-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra and the 39-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a flooded single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 1996
Monday, 14:30
Vehicles
3
Toyota MR2 and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95107, longitude -3.68626, in the FK2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199696UG08026
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
801
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 141 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota MR2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota MR2)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199696UG08026 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.