Serious B9132 crash in Falkirk on 25 July 2014 at 09:15 involving a motorcycle
Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the B9132 in Falkirk at 09:15 on Friday 25 July 2014. The 47-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 41-year-old female rider of vehicle 2 was 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
- Serious
- Date
- 25 Jul 2014
- Friday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00673, longitude -3.73036, in the FK3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grangemouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grangemouth, Falkirk, FK3 8TR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014961401320
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9132
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 May 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the B9132 in Falkirk, 14 May 1987
5 m awayRef 198796VG02075
Slight
Car crash on the B9132 in Falkirk, 17 September 1989
5 m awayRef 198996VG02178
Serious
Car crash on the B9132 in Falkirk, 5 December 1987
5 m awayRef 198796TG02205
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B9132 in Falkirk, 27 September 2002
5 m awayRef 200296E202303
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 3 November 2000
7 m awayRef 200096E406363
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B9132 in Falkirk, 6 January 1995
7 m awayRef 199596SG02519
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 41, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2014961401320 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.