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Unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK2 on 5 December 2002 at 08:55 involving a Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle

A Peugeot Speedfight motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 08:55 on Thursday 5 December 2002. The 17-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Dec 2002
Thursday, 08:55
Vehicles
1
Peugeot Speedfight
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01789, longitude -3.79476, in the FK2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falkirk. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falkirk North, Falkirk, FK2 7RS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200296E203052
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 80 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 March 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot Speedfight

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Peugeot Speedfight)

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 200296E203052 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.