M9 crash in Falkirk on 13 April 2014 at 16:00 involving a BMW X3
A BMW X3 and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the M9 in Falkirk at 16:00 on Sunday 13 April 2014. A 35-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 207 and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 207 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Apr 2014
- Sunday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW X3 and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02555, longitude -3.7598, in the FK2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014961400601
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 56 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 April 2024.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the M9 in Falkirk, 14 April 2024
56 m awayRef 2024991431852
Serious
Nissan Note crash on the M9 in Falkirk, 22 March 2008
77 m awayRef 2008960800830
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M9 in Falkirk, 1 December 2023
120 m awayRef 2023991381259
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the M9 in Falkirk, 12 June 1993
133 m awayRef 199396WF15702
Serious
Toyota Celica crash on the M9 in Falkirk, 18 March 2012
171 m awayRef 2012961200491
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the M9 in Falkirk, 26 March 2015
195 m awayRef 2015961500527
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- 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 2014961400601 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.