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M80 crash in Falkirk on 8 August 2014 at 22:30 involving a Hyundai i800

A Hyundai i800 crashed on the M80 in Falkirk at 22:30 on Friday 8 August 2014. A 67-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 2014
Friday, 22:30
Vehicles
1
Hyundai i800
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98166, longitude -3.94389, in the G68 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cumbernauld North, North Lanarkshire, G68 0HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014961401299
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
80
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
Dark, no street lighting
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
22%
Estimated chance it was slight
78%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai i800

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,497 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i800)

    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 2014961401299 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.