Serious A820 crash in Stirling on 16 January 2003 at 07:40 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A820 in Stirling at 07:40 on Thursday 16 January 2003. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jan 2003
- Thursday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.19124, longitude -3.99915, in the FK15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Stirling
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200396E300149
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 820
- 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, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 2018.
Slight
Car crash on the A820 in Stirling, 27 March 2018
7 m awayRef 2018961800098
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A820 in Stirling, 19 December 2020
14 m awayRef 2020991008517
Slight
Car crash on the A820 in Stirling, 10 March 1999
20 m awayRef 199996E835885
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A820 in Stirling, 23 January 2006
30 m awayRef 2006960600206
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A820 in Stirling, 14 January 2005
30 m awayRef 2005960500106
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 1000 crash on the A820 in Stirling, 13 July 2013
30 m awayRef 2013961301260
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,391 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 200396E300149 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 2003.