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M80 crash in Falkirk on 24 January 2016 at 09:45 involving a Mercedes C Class

A Mercedes C Class crashed on the M80 in Falkirk at 09:45 on Sunday 24 January 2016. The 45-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a flooded dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jan 2016
Sunday, 09:45
Vehicles
1
Mercedes C Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.03127, longitude -3.92433, in the FK6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2016961600132
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
80
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
15%
Estimated chance it was slight
85%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

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 2016961600132 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 2016.