Serious A993 crash in Falkirk on 10 December 2005 at 07:20 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A993 in Falkirk at 07:20 on Saturday 10 December 2005. The 24-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Dec 2005
- Saturday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01082, longitude -3.63082, in the EH51 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2005960503003
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 993
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 904
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 8 November 2012
At the same spotRef 2012961202098
Fatal
Van crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 16 December 2008
10 m awayRef 2008960803167
Serious
Car crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 11 November 2002
10 m awayRef 200296E300944
Serious
Car crash on the A993 in Falkirk, 22 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198696VG17160
Serious
Austin Mini crash on the A993 in Falkirk, 20 May 1991
10 m awayRef 199196VG17198
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 22 January 2013
13 m awayRef 2013961300125
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 24, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2005960503003 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.