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Unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK2 on 7 February 2013 at 22:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

Two Vauxhall Corsas were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 22:15 on Thursday 7 February 2013. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 17-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 2013
Thursday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00388, longitude -3.77621, 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
2013961300254
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    973 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,229 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2013961300254 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.