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Serious A84 crash in Stirling on 15 July 1998 at 18:00 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A84 in Stirling at 18:00 on Wednesday 15 July 1998. The 29-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 was seriously injured and the 48-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier and a 48-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jul 1998
Wednesday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Peugeot 306
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.14483, longitude -3.99848, in the FK9 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199896E816691
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
84
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)

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 199896E816691 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.