Unclassified road crash in Falkirk EH51 on 22 February 2010 at 06:45 involving a Suzuki Liana
Four vehicles, including a Suzuki Liana and a Fiat Punto, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 06:45 on Monday 22 February 2010. The 50-year-old male driver of the Fiat Punto and the 44-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Liana were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2010
- Monday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Suzuki Liana and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00792, longitude -3.6185, in the EH51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bo'ness. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bo'ness and Blackness, Falkirk, EH51 0DN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010961000416
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 1989.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 1 June 1989
45 m awayRef 198996VG17062
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 27 July 1995
63 m awayRef 199596VG17839
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 24 November 1990
71 m awayRef 199096VG17513
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 16 March 2005
80 m awayRef 2005960500645
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 18 December 2004
82 m awayRef 200496E403389
Serious
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 1 August 2015
100 m awayRef 2015961501228
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Liana
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Starlet
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 4: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Liana)
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 2010961000416 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 2010.