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A803 crash in Falkirk on 4 November 1998 at 23:15 involving a Nissan Serena

A Nissan Serena and a Citroen ZX taxi were involved in a crash on the A803 in Falkirk at 23:15 on Wednesday 4 November 1998. The 47-year-old male driver of the Citroen ZX taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Nov 1998
Wednesday, 23:15
Vehicles
2
Nissan Serena and Citroen ZX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00032, longitude -3.78815, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falkirk.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199896E614824
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
803
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
803

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Serena

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,283 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

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 199896E614824 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 1998.