Unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK5 on 17 June 2013 at 08:20 involving a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 08:20 on Monday 17 June 2013. The 32-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jun 2013
- Monday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YZF R1 and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02527, longitude -3.8298, in the FK5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Larbert and Stenhousemuir. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst, Falkirk, FK5 3BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013961301090
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 2015.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 4 March 2015
17 m awayRef 2015961500415
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on a C road in Falkirk, 2 July 2004
22 m awayRef 200496E401739
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 4 October 2003
81 m awayRef 200396E302643
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 29 December 1980
89 m awayRef 198096WE02082
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 6 September 2014
90 m awayRef 2014961401484
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 5 June 1992
94 m awayRef 199296WF14411
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R1
Motorcycle over 500cc
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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 age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R1)
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 2013961301090 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.