B8028 crash in Falkirk on 26 November 2013 at 15:30 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera, a Volkswagen Caddy van and a car were involved in a crash on the B8028 in Falkirk at 15:30 on Tuesday 26 November 2013. The 49-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Caddy van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Nov 2013
- Tuesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Almera and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93302, longitude -3.74494, in the FK1 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013961302178
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8028
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 December 2002.
Serious
Aprilia crash on the B8028 in Falkirk, 30 December 2002
10 m awayRef 200296E203331
Serious
Car crash on the B8028 in Falkirk, 14 November 1988
26 m awayRef 198896UG08208
Fatal
Car crash on the B8028 in Falkirk, 12 May 1987
63 m awayRef 198796UG08064
Serious
Car crash on the B8028 in Falkirk, 24 July 1982
78 m awayRef 198296UG08077
Serious
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 22 June 2014
83 m awayRef 2014961401009
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B8028 in Falkirk, 13 May 1992
104 m awayRef 199296UG08703
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Caddy
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
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Caddy)
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 2013961302178 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.