Serious B803 crash in Falkirk on 18 July 2003 at 08:15 involving a Nissan Sunny
A Nissan Sunny and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B803 in Falkirk at 08:15 on Friday 18 July 2003. The 20-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was seriously injured and the 42-year-old female driver of the Nissan Sunny was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Jul 2003
- Friday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Sunny and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.94181, longitude -3.83448, in the FK1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200396E301852
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 803
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 1994.
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 3 May 1994
10 m awayRef 199496UG13070
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 9 December 2002
51 m awayRef 200296E203099
Fatal
Ford Orion crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 17 November 2002
76 m awayRef 200296E202853
Serious
Car crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 12 September 1980
102 m awayRef 198096UG13110
Slight
Car crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 1 January 2006
170 m awayRef 2006960600080
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 5 May 2007
187 m awayRef 2007960701240
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 200396E301852 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.