A803 crash in Falkirk on 21 July 2015 at 07:45 involving a Suzuki DR 125 motorcycle
A car and a Suzuki DR 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A803 in Falkirk at 07:45 on Tuesday 21 July 2015. The 22-year-old male rider of the Suzuki DR 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2015
- Tuesday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Suzuki DR 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00518, longitude -3.82358, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camelon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falkirk North, Falkirk, FK1 4LW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015961501174
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 27 January 2016
At the same spotRef 2016961600145
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 7 June 2013
2 m awayRef 2013961301018
Serious
MG HS crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 1 September 2023
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Slight
Honda CR-V crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 11 November 2024
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Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 21 March 2017
5 m awayRef 2017961700374
Serious
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 31 May 2002
5 m awayRef 200296E201206
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki DR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki DR 125)
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 2015961501174 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.