Unclassified road crash in Falkirk EH51 on 12 May 2017 at 19:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 19:50 on Friday 12 May 2017. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2017
- Friday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.01542, longitude -3.58804, in the EH51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bo'ness.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017961700573
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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
- 27%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 73%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 1991.
Slight
Austin Montego crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 3 July 1991
33 m awayRef 199196VG16217
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 21 May 1998
43 m awayRef 199896E442826
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 12 September 2014
132 m awayRef 2014961401517
Slight
Transbus Int crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 13 May 2006
155 m awayRef 2006960601331
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 7 February 2003
165 m awayRef 200396E300398
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 12 July 2005
178 m awayRef 2005960501574
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017961700573 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.