Serious B902 crash in Falkirk on 21 January 2017 at 18:27 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B902 in Falkirk at 18:27 on Saturday 21 January 2017. The 52-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Jan 2017
- Saturday, 18:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01124, longitude -3.78627, in the FK2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falkirk. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falkirk North, Falkirk, FK2 7RS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017961700118
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 902
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 January 2020.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 18 January 2020
2 m awayRef 2020990920634
Serious
Fiat Uno crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 10 November 1992
4 m awayRef 199296WF17761
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 7 April 2019
5 m awayRef 2019961900122
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 15 October 1996
11 m awayRef 199696WF17824
Slight
Car crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 16 June 2001
11 m awayRef 200196E617633
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 28 July 2016
12 m awayRef 2016961601154
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 2017961700118 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 2017.