A803 crash in Falkirk on 1 July 2014 at 16:30 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A803 in Falkirk at 16:30 on Tuesday 1 July 2014. The 81-year-old female driver of the Ford Galaxy, a 49-year-old female passenger in the Ford Galaxy and an 11-year-old female passenger in the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 2014
- Tuesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00567, longitude -3.82631, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camelon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falkirk North, Falkirk, FK1 4LW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014961401079
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 1990.
Slight
Taxi crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 28 July 1990
3 m awayRef 199096PF07440
Serious
Vauxhall Movano crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 12 December 2012
3 m awayRef 2012961202355
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 21 June 2010
3 m awayRef 2010961001169
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 4 August 2013
3 m awayRef 2013961301406
Slight
Peugeot 405 crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 22 April 2003
8 m awayRef 200396E301047
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 8 November 2007
8 m awayRef 2007960703032
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2014961401079 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.