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Serious unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK2 on 14 August 2002 at 17:30 involving a Citroen AX

A Citroen AX hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 17:30 on Wednesday 14 August 2002. A 5-year-old male pedestrian 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
14 Aug 2002
Wednesday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Citroen AX
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9867, longitude -3.73865, in the FK2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Polmont.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200296E201971
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
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 5, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen AX)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing), 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 200296E201971 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.