B905 crash in Falkirk on 21 February 2005 at 19:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A car and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B905 in Falkirk at 19:30 on Monday 21 February 2005. The 34-year-old male driver of the car and the 43-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 2005
- Monday, 19:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02511, longitude -3.82302, in the FK5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Larbert and Stenhousemuir. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst, Falkirk, FK5 3BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005960500472
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 905
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2013.
Slight
Bus crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 28 August 2013
45 m awayRef 2013961301552
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 30 October 1999
51 m awayRef 199996E632059
Serious
Peugeot 208 crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 10 December 2024
53 m awayRef 2024991528277
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 24 December 1980
54 m awayRef 198096WE01078
Slight
Leyland DAF 200 crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 17 June 1993
54 m awayRef 199396WF13984
Slight
Bus crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 26 February 1983
54 m awayRef 198396WF13045
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 2005960500472 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 2005.