Serious A81 crash in Stirling on 3 September 2013 at 13:30 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco
A Volkswagen Scirocco crashed on the A81 in Stirling at 13:30 on Tuesday 3 September 2013. A 47-year-old female passenger, an 18-year-old female passenger and a 21-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Sep 2013
- Tuesday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Scirocco
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.22037, longitude -4.20135, in the FK17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Stirling
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013961301690
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 81
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 822
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 2016.
Slight
Audi A1 crash on the A81 in Stirling, 2 May 2016
5 m awayRef 2016961600695
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A81 in Stirling, 19 February 1995
7 m awayRef 199596IK03294
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A81 in Stirling, 5 January 2007
9 m awayRef 2007960700093
Slight
Renault Twingo crash on the A81 in Stirling, 12 September 2010
9 m awayRef 2010961001745
Slight
Subaru Legacy crash on the A81 in Stirling, 19 November 2007
9 m awayRef 2007960703163
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the A81 in Stirling, 29 May 2020
9 m awayRef 2020990955413
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)
- 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 2013961301690 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 2013.