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Serious A85 crash in Stirling on 15 February 2001 at 17:00 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440 crashed on the A85 in Stirling at 17:00 on Thursday 15 February 2001. The 90-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 2001
Thursday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Volvo 440
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.4048, longitude -4.30759, in the FK19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200196E818818
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
85
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    90 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

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 200196E818818 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 2001.