A803 crash in Falkirk on 30 November 2016 at 17:30 involving a Fiat Punto
A Fiat Punto and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A803 in Falkirk at 17:30 on Wednesday 30 November 2016. The 37-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane and a 15-year-old male passenger in the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2016
- Wednesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Punto and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98748, longitude -3.68195, in the FK2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Braes, Falkirk, FK2 0YG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016961601907
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 803
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 803
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 6 August 2022
6 m awayRef 2022991206642
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 8 February 2018
8 m awayRef 2018961800058
Slight
Van crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 4 April 2017
8 m awayRef 2017961700442
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 15 March 2012
9 m awayRef 2012961200481
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A801 in Falkirk, 25 July 2011
9 m awayRef 2011961101485
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 10 April 2007
9 m awayRef 2007960700987
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2016961601907 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.