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Serious B803 crash in Falkirk on 26 May 2000 at 16:20 involving a Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle and a Mercedes van were involved in a crash on the B803 in Falkirk at 16:20 on Friday 26 May 2000. The 31-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 May 2000
Friday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX750 and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98966, longitude -3.80147, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200096E607207
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
803
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX750

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    738 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX750)

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 200096E607207 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 2000.