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Unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK4 on 5 August 2001 at 17:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 17:45 on Sunday 5 August 2001. A 5-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 2001
Sunday, 17:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00777, longitude -3.88845, in the FK4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bonnybridge and Larbert, Falkirk, FK4 1LX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200196E618100
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 200196E618100 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.