Serious A85 crash in Stirling on 16 November 2001 at 22:05 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the A85 in Stirling at 22:05 on Friday 16 November 2001. The 42-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic was seriously injured and the 55-year-old male driver of the MAN lorry was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Nov 2001
- Friday, 22:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and MAN
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.4013, longitude -4.30252, in the FK19 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200196E820256
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a fatal crash on 1 June 2000.
Fatal
Ford Mondeo crash on the A85 in Stirling, 1 June 2000
30 m awayRef 200096E809512
Serious
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the A85 in Stirling, 30 August 2020
47 m awayRef 2020990977635
Serious
Car crash on the A85 in Stirling, 30 June 2001
64 m awayRef 200196E819509
Serious
Kawasaki ZX1000 crash on the A85 in Stirling, 7 June 2013
72 m awayRef 2013961301023
Slight
Mitsubishi Space Star crash on the A85 in Stirling, 13 November 2005
72 m awayRef 2005960502723
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A85 in Stirling, 29 November 1997
78 m awayRef 199796E927685
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,967 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (MAN)
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 200196E820256 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.