A9 crash in Falkirk on 28 November 2012 at 17:40 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift, a Honda Civic and a Suzuki Jimny were involved in a crash on the A9 in Falkirk at 17:40 on Wednesday 28 November 2012. The 20-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift and the 26-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2012
- Wednesday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki Swift and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99946, longitude -3.75157, in the FK2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falkirk North, Falkirk, FK2 9DY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012961202234
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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 lit
- 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
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2012.
Slight
Skoda Roomster crash on the A9 in Falkirk, 29 December 2012
10 m awayRef 2012961202460
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A9 in Falkirk, 21 December 2006
22 m awayRef 2006960603621
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A9 in Falkirk, 25 October 2015
28 m awayRef 2015961501722
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Falkirk, 2 August 2000
41 m awayRef 200096E610368
Slight
Car crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 14 November 1986
45 m awayRef 198696RF08458
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the A9 in Falkirk, 6 January 2006
50 m awayRef 2006960600062
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Suzuki Jimny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
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 2012961202234 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.