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Serious A81 crash in Stirling on 24 February 2000 at 23:05 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra crashed on the A81 in Stirling at 23:05 on Thursday 24 February 2000. A 30-year-old male passenger and a 14-year-old male passenger were seriously injured and the 41-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Feb 2000
Thursday, 23:05
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.13244, longitude -4.35771, in the FK8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200096E803186
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
81
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 58 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 200096E803186 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 2000.