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A872 crash in Falkirk on 7 December 2002 at 12:45 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 hit a pedestrian on the A872 in Falkirk at 12:45 on Saturday 7 December 2002. A 14-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Dec 2002
Saturday, 12:45
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 306
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02275, longitude -3.90763, in the FK6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Denny. It is one of the crashes that make up the Denny and Banknock, Falkirk, FK6 6NR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200296E203092
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
872
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200296E203092 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.