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Fatal A81 crash in Stirling on 9 October 1997 at 09:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A81 in Stirling at 09:00 on Thursday 9 October 1997. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was killed and the 37-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Oct 1997
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Citroen AX
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00623, longitude -4.3564, in the G63 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199796E924186
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

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 199796E924186 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.