A904 crash in Falkirk on 11 January 2013 at 06:55 involving a Citroen C5
A Citroen C5 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A904 in Falkirk at 06:55 on Friday 11 January 2013. The 50-year-old male driver of the Citroen C5 and the 47-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jan 2013
- Friday, 06:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C5 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01011, longitude -3.68925, in the FK3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grangemouth.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013961300058
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 904
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Fine, 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 August 1980.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 16 August 1980
40 m awayRef 198096SG05113
Slight
Car crash on the B904 in Falkirk, 7 October 1984
73 m awayRef 198496VG05161
Slight
Volvo crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 7 April 1998
81 m awayRef 199896E441745
Serious
Car crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 30 December 1981
81 m awayRef 198196SG05239
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 12 July 2007
90 m awayRef 2007960701884
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 8 April 1980
210 m awayRef 198096SG03059
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C5)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2013961300058 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 2013.