Unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK2 on 24 December 2010 at 15:35 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 15:35 on Friday 24 December 2010. The 37-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis and a 30-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2010
- Friday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00339, longitude -3.77773, in the FK2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falkirk. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falkirk South, Falkirk, FK1 1RE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010961002629
- 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
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 2011.
Slight
Kia Carens crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 12 January 2011
22 m awayRef 2011961100102
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 15 May 2010
42 m awayRef 2010961000933
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 25 May 1990
57 m awayRef 199096QF18668
Slight
Car crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 5 November 1988
64 m awayRef 198896BF18162
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 22 September 2009
82 m awayRef 2009960902195
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 17 March 1995
98 m awayRef 199596PF18889
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2010961002629 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.