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A9 crash in Falkirk on 23 April 2001 at 19:40 involving a Rover Sterling

A Rover Sterling crashed on the A9 in Falkirk at 19:40 on Monday 23 April 2001. All four casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Apr 2001
Monday, 19:40
Vehicles
1
Rover Sterling
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.04707, longitude -3.85713, in the FK5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200196E617061
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Sterling

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Sterling)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Sterling)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Sterling)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Sterling)

    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 200196E617061 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 2001.