B805 crash in Falkirk on 23 September 2016 at 16:30 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the B805 in Falkirk at 16:30 on Friday 23 September 2016. A 4-year-old female passenger in the BMW 1 Series and a 1-year-old female passenger in the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Sep 2016
- Friday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97555, longitude -3.71137, in the FK2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Polmont.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016961601468
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2016.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B805 in Falkirk, 22 September 2016
2 m awayRef 2016961601460
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the B805 in Falkirk, 16 December 2010
53 m awayRef 2010961002523
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B805 in Falkirk, 2 May 1990
70 m awayRef 199096UG10619
Slight
Car crash on the B805 in Falkirk, 30 September 1989
70 m awayRef 198996UG10183
Slight
Car crash on the B805 in Falkirk, 1 May 2012
70 m awayRef 2012961200767
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 22 October 2025
75 m awayRef 2025991669911
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016961601468 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.