B902 crash in Falkirk on 1 July 2003 at 23:15 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and an Aprilia SR 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B902 in Falkirk at 23:15 on Tuesday 1 July 2003. The 35-year-old female rider of the Aprilia SR 50 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 2003
- Tuesday, 23:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Aprilia SR 50
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01764, longitude -3.79283, 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
- 200396E301718
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 902
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2001.
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 50 crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 17 September 2001
At the same spotRef 200196E618570
Slight
Freight Rover crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 8 May 1995
10 m awayRef 199596WF17831
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 2 October 2004
10 m awayRef 200496E402642
Serious
Volkswagen Lupo crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 30 September 2007
20 m awayRef 2007960702640
Slight
Car crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 9 November 2008
20 m awayRef 2008960802800
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 26 June 1998
22 m awayRef 199896E608920
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Aprilia SR 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 35, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia SR 50)
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 200396E301718 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 2003.