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Unclassified road crash in Stirling FK8 on 1 May 1998 at 15:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A bicycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Stirling at 15:30 on Friday 1 May 1998. The 27-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 May 1998
Friday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.12435, longitude -3.94159, in the FK8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stirling.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199896E062878
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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Leaving lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, on vehicle 1 (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 199896E062878 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 1998.