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A80 crash in Falkirk on 12 February 2000 at 12:00 involving a Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX600 motorcycle crashed on the A80 in Falkirk at 12:00 on Saturday 12 February 2000. The 23-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Feb 2000
Saturday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX600
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98686, longitude -3.94418, in the FK4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200096E802246
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
80
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX600)

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 200096E802246 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.