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Serious unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK2 on 25 December 2005 at 15:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 15:40 on Sunday 25 December 2005. The 31-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured and the 23-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Dec 2005
Sunday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.9867, longitude -3.70659, in the FK2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Polmont.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2005960600002
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

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, 125 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    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
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2005960600002 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.