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A803 crash in Falkirk on 21 August 2013 at 13:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Suzuki Alto were involved in a crash on the A803 in Falkirk at 13:30 on Wednesday 21 August 2013. The 19-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra, the 47-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Alto and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Suzuki Alto were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Aug 2013
Wednesday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Suzuki Alto
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00568, longitude -3.82645, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camelon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falkirk North, Falkirk, FK1 4LW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013961301520
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
803
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Raining, 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Alto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,061 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Alto)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Alto)

    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 2013961301520 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.