M9 crash in Falkirk on 7 December 2005 at 21:45 involving a Skoda Superb
A Skoda Superb and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the M9 in Falkirk at 21:45 on Wednesday 7 December 2005. A 28-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2005
- Wednesday, 21:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Superb and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.04484, longitude -3.78879, in the FK2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst, Falkirk, FK2 8QG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005960502971
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 29 metres away, was a fatal crash on 13 August 2015.
Fatal
Porsche 911 crash on the M9 in Falkirk, 13 August 2015
29 m awayRef 2015961501295
Slight
Ford KA crash on the M9 in Falkirk, 23 February 2005
32 m awayRef 2005960500485
Serious
Bicycle crash on the M9 in Falkirk, 2 June 2024
43 m awayRef 2024991450976
Slight
Car crash on the M876 in Falkirk, 3 March 2018
66 m awayRef 2018961800075
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M876 in Falkirk, 21 August 2014
109 m awayRef 2014961401382
Slight
HGV crash on the M876 in Falkirk, 18 July 2002
112 m awayRef 200296E201654
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2005960502971 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.