A883 crash in Falkirk on 15 September 2015 at 17:45 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a car were involved in a crash on the A883 in Falkirk at 17:45 on Tuesday 15 September 2015. The 26-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 52-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2015
- Tuesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02392, longitude -3.90822, 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
- 2015961501473
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 883
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 August 2004.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A872 in Falkirk, 8 August 2004
8 m awayRef 200496E402082
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A883 in Falkirk, 14 December 2016
13 m awayRef 2016961601948
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A883 in Falkirk, 10 December 2019
13 m awayRef 2019960910314
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 23 June 2009
16 m awayRef 2009960901460
Serious
Fiat Uno crash on the A883 in Falkirk, 14 June 1993
17 m awayRef 199396XF10881
Serious
Car crash on the A883 in Falkirk, 10 March 2001
21 m awayRef 200196E616619
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2015961501473 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.