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Unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK5 on 30 October 1996 at 16:00 involving a Volkswagen Jetta

A Volkswagen Jetta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 16:00 on Wednesday 30 October 1996. The 55-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 1996
Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Jetta and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02571, longitude -3.82142, in the FK5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Larbert and Stenhousemuir.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199696WF13468
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, 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 199696WF13468 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.