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A9 crash in Falkirk on 21 May 2009 at 21:45 involving a Lambretta motorcycle

A Lambretta motorcycle crashed on the A9 in Falkirk at 21:45 on Thursday 21 May 2009. The 57-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 May 2009
Thursday, 21:45
Vehicles
1
Lambretta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00566, longitude -3.75763, in the FK2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falkirk North, Falkirk, FK2 9DY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009960901197
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Oil or diesel
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
34%
Estimated chance it was slight
66%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lambretta

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Lambretta)

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 2009960901197 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.