A905 crash in Falkirk on 7 May 2012 at 17:00 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Volkswagen Fox were involved in a crash on the A905 in Falkirk at 17:00 on Monday 7 May 2012. The 37-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Fox was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 May 2012
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Volkswagen Fox
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99934, longitude -3.68886, in the FK2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012961200803
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 905
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 December 2005.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the B904 in Falkirk, 8 December 2005
At the same spotRef 2005960502982
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A905 in Falkirk, 22 January 2006
At the same spotRef 2006960600256
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A905 in Falkirk, 1 May 2001
10 m awayRef 200196E407788
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A905 in Falkirk, 15 July 2011
10 m awayRef 2011961101417
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the B904 in Falkirk, 29 April 1999
10 m awayRef 199996E451181
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A905 in Falkirk, 28 January 2016
13 m awayRef 2016961600156
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Fox
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Fox)
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 2012961200803 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 2012.