B902 crash in Falkirk on 7 September 2012 at 15:00 involving a Mazda 6
A Mazda 6 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B902 in Falkirk at 15:00 on Friday 7 September 2012. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2012
- Friday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 6 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00545, longitude -3.7844, 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
- 2012961201672
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 902
- 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2025.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 16 November 2025
6 m awayRef 2025991669381
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 25 December 2003
20 m awayRef 200396E303505
Slight
Car crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 18 October 1985
30 m awayRef 198596QF04358
Slight
Car crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 3 September 1983
30 m awayRef 198396QF04328
Slight
Car crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 2 February 1981
30 m awayRef 198196PF04036
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 7 August 1990
30 m awayRef 199096PF04502
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2012961201672 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.