B803 crash in Falkirk on 12 May 2004 at 08:00 involving a John Deere agricultural vehicle
A John Deere agricultural vehicle and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B803 in Falkirk at 08:00 on Wednesday 12 May 2004. The 41-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2004
- Wednesday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- John Deere and Suzuki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93397, longitude -3.84819, 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
- 200496E401230
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 39%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 61%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 October 2010.
Serious
Ford KA crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 22 October 2010
50 m awayRef 2010961002047
Slight
Car crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 6 July 2002
70 m awayRef 200296E201554
Serious
Bus crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 21 October 1984
78 m awayRef 198496UG13154
Slight
Car crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 21 December 1988
168 m awayRef 198896UG13244
Slight
Lada Riva crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 13 December 1993
245 m awayRef 199396UG13481
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 29 July 2015
293 m awayRef 2015961501211
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: John Deere
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 937 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)
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 200496E401230 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 2004.