Unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK6 on 27 April 2015 at 08:55 involving a Renault Scenic
A bicycle and a Renault Scenic were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 08:55 on Monday 27 April 2015. The 7-year-old male cyclist 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
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Apr 2015
- Monday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Renault Scenic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01747, longitude -3.91468, in the FK6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Denny. It is one of the crashes that make up the Denny and Banknock, Falkirk, FK6 6NR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015961500707
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 43 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2011.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 7 December 2011
43 m awayRef 2011961102427
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 11 June 2006
51 m awayRef 2006960601688
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 6 July 2013
115 m awayRef 2013961301253
Slight
Car crash on the A872 in Falkirk, 10 May 1989
131 m awayRef 198996XF10110
Fatal
Car crash on the A872 in Falkirk, 28 November 1981
148 m awayRef 198196XF10172
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 5 April 2007
150 m awayRef 2007960700954
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 7, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2015961500707 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.