Unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK2 on 4 April 2011 at 14:55 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 14:55 on Monday 4 April 2011. The 65-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 2011
- Monday, 14:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Fiat Punto
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99578, longitude -3.70571, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011961100703
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1983.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B904 in Falkirk, 15 September 1983
10 m awayRef 198396UG11121
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B904 in Falkirk, 4 May 1983
10 m awayRef 198396UG11055
Slight
Car crash on the B904 in Falkirk, 21 December 1998
22 m awayRef 199896E447815
Slight
Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 2 March 1990
61 m awayRef 199096SG05387
Serious
Van crash on the B904 in Falkirk, 27 June 1983
90 m awayRef 198396UG11083
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 20 August 1988
110 m awayRef 198896SG05163
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Punto)
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 2011961100703 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 2011.