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Unclassified road crash in Stirling FK8 on 10 May 1997 at 20:10 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stirling at 20:10 on Saturday 10 May 1997. The 26-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 May 1997
Saturday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.11603, longitude -3.93377, in the FK8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stirling.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199796E051324
Council area
Stirling
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 8 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    11,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, 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 199796E051324 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 1997.