A803 crash in Falkirk on 3 May 2014 at 01:30 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Hyundai Getz were involved in a crash on the A803 in Falkirk at 01:30 on Saturday 3 May 2014. The 20-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Getz and the 33-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 May 2014
- Saturday, 01:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Hyundai Getz
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99532, longitude -3.91991, in the FK4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banknock.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014961400716
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 October 1993.
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A872 in Falkirk, 14 October 1993
50 m awayRef 199396XF12093
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 31 March 1993
107 m awayRef 199396XF12523
Slight
Bus crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 13 October 1989
111 m awayRef 198996XF12224
Serious
Volvo 340 crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 20 November 1993
112 m awayRef 199396BF12100
Slight
Lorry crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 20 November 1987
126 m awayRef 198796XF12200
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B816 in Falkirk, 2 June 1985
150 m awayRef 198596QF07185
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Getz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,341 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Getz)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
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 2014961400716 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.