Unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK2 on 21 July 2003 at 19:00 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 19:00 on Monday 21 July 2003. The 45-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2003
- Monday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01737, longitude -3.79345, 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
- 200396E301898
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 January 1986.
Serious
Bus crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 6 January 1986
40 m awayRef 198696WF17004
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 25 March 1984
40 m awayRef 198496WF17059
Slight
Taxi crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 23 May 1985
40 m awayRef 198596WF17075
Serious
Volkswagen Lupo crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 30 September 2007
41 m awayRef 2007960702640
Slight
Freight Rover crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 8 May 1995
45 m awayRef 199596WF17831
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 2 October 2004
45 m awayRef 200496E402642
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 200396E301898 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.