A85 crash in Stirling on 17 May 2003 at 08:50 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Volvo V40 were involved in a crash on the A85 in Stirling at 08:50 on Saturday 17 May 2003. The 27-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and the 73-year-old male driver of the Volvo V40 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on an oily single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 May 2003
- Saturday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Volvo V40
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.43839, longitude -4.35164, in the FK21 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200396E301305
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 85
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Oil or diesel
- Carriageway hazards
- Oil or diesel
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 October 2003.
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A85 in Stirling, 12 October 2003
14 m awayRef 200396E302728
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A85 in Stirling, 29 August 2004
22 m awayRef 200496E402316
Slight
Car crash on the A85 in Stirling, 9 March 2003
36 m awayRef 200396E300678
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A85 in Stirling, 26 October 2001
41 m awayRef 200196E820130
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A85 in Stirling, 30 December 2016
94 m awayRef 2016961602018
Serious
Honda crash on the A82 in Stirling, 16 April 2001
100 m awayRef 200196E819084
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Volvo V40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,588 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)
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 200396E301305 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.