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Serious M9 crash in Falkirk on 18 August 2001 at 18:15 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the M9 in Falkirk at 18:15 on Saturday 18 August 2001. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Aug 2001
Saturday, 18:15
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
6
1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.042, longitude -3.77999, in the FK2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst, Falkirk, FK2 8QG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200196E819754
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
9
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 200196E819754 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.