B805 crash in Falkirk on 17 February 2015 at 09:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Two Vauxhall Astras and a car were involved in a crash on the B805 in Falkirk at 09:10 on Tuesday 17 February 2015. The 46-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 12-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2015
- Tuesday, 09:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98093, longitude -3.71939, in the FK2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Polmont. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Braes, Falkirk, FK2 0FE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015961500319
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 805
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 1982.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 4 October 1982
30 m awayRef 198296UG09113
Slight
Car crash on the B805 in Falkirk, 11 November 2005
47 m awayRef 2005960502721
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B805 in Falkirk, 5 June 2015
48 m awayRef 2015961500942
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 8 August 2018
58 m awayRef 2018961800272
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 5 June 2009
60 m awayRef 2009960901302
Slight
Car crash on the B805 in Falkirk, 12 May 2012
60 m awayRef 2012961200856
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2015961500319 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 2015.