B803 crash in Falkirk on 21 November 2003 at 06:45 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B803 in Falkirk at 06:45 on Friday 21 November 2003. The 46-year-old male driver of the Nissan Primera, a 36-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Primera and the 28-year-old male driver of the bus or coach were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2003
- Friday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Primera and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98488, longitude -3.81487, 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
- 200396E303105
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 November 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 24 November 2006
At the same spotRef 2006960603257
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 30 May 2000
10 m awayRef 200096E403454
Slight
Car crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 12 September 2008
14 m awayRef 2008960802272
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 6 September 2016
26 m awayRef 2016961601372
Serious
Datsun Sunny crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 1 February 1990
50 m awayRef 199096QF05002
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 3 August 1991
139 m awayRef 199196PF05562
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
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 200396E303105 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.