B810 crash in Falkirk on 6 August 2003 at 20:30 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B810 in Falkirk at 20:30 on Wednesday 6 August 2003. The 18-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo 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
- 6 Aug 2003
- Wednesday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Saxo and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97272, longitude -3.76126, in the FK1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200396E302042
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 810
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 8028
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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 1980.
Slight
Car crash on the B8028 in Falkirk, 5 November 1980
28 m awayRef 198096UG12142
Serious
Car crash on the B8028 in Falkirk, 21 April 2015
50 m awayRef 2015961500673
Slight
Car crash on the B8028 in Falkirk, 15 June 2001
51 m awayRef 200196E407971
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B810 in Falkirk, 4 April 1998
54 m awayRef 199896E441683
Serious
Nissan X-Trail crash on the B8028 in Falkirk, 13 January 2009
76 m awayRef 2009960900109
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 24 May 1980
82 m awayRef 198096UG12062
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)
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 200396E302042 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.