A803 crash in Falkirk on 24 July 2014 at 17:45 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic, an Audi A1 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A803 in Falkirk at 17:45 on Thursday 24 July 2014. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Honda Civic, the 47-year-old male driver of the Audi A1 and the 23-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jul 2014
- Thursday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Civic and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97858, longitude -3.63323, in the EH49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Linlithgow.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014961401206
- 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
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 47%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 53%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 September 2025.
Fatal
Kawasaki EX crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 19 September 2025
23 m awayRef 2025991644063
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 1 June 1982
114 m awayRef 198296UG14064
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A803 in West Lothian, 3 September 1992
150 m awayRef 199296UG14405
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A803 in West Lothian, 3 May 1991
169 m awayRef 199196UG14827
Slight
Car crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 19 March 1981
177 m awayRef 198196UG14031
Slight
Car crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 23 July 1989
178 m awayRef 198996UG14122
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
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
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
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 2014961401206 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.