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Serious unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK1 on 3 June 2002 at 15:00 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 15:00 on Monday 3 June 2002. The 10-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Jun 2002
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9853, longitude -3.80495, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falkirk.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200296E201252
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 115 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 March 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 200296E201252 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 2002.