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A706 crash in Falkirk on 27 April 2009 at 11:15 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van

A Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Honda Accord were involved in a crash on the A706 in Falkirk at 11:15 on Monday 27 April 2009. The 58-year-old male driver of the Honda Accord and the 61-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Apr 2009
Monday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vivaro and Honda Accord
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99628, longitude -3.60856, in the EH49 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009960901007
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
706
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Raining, 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
18%
Estimated chance it was slight
82%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Gas bi-fuel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Accord)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vivaro)

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 2009960901007 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 2009.