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Serious A801 crash in Falkirk on 26 February 2014 at 15:49 involving a Ford Focus

Four vehicles, including a Ford Focus and a Volkswagen Polo, were involved in a crash on the A801 in Falkirk at 15:49 on Wednesday 26 February 2014. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was seriously injured and the 28-year-old male driver of the car and the 44-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Tigra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 2014
Wednesday, 15:49
Vehicles
4
Ford Focus and 3 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95066, longitude -3.68292, in the FK2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014961400331
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
801
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 September 2000.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    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
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Tigra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Tigra)

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 2014961400331 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 2014.