A905 crash in Falkirk on 22 June 2017 at 21:00 involving a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle
A Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle, a Renault Clio and a car were involved in a crash on the A905 in Falkirk at 21:00 on Thursday 22 June 2017. The 43-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jun 2017
- Thursday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda WW125EX2 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00067, longitude -3.70552, in the FK3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Grangemouth, Falkirk, FK3 0DX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017961700769
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 905
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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, no street lighting
- 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
- 39%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 61%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 September 2021.
Serious
Hyundai i10 crash on the A905 in Falkirk, 14 September 2021
2 m awayRef 2021991088421
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A905 in Falkirk, 16 December 2016
3 m awayRef 2016961601947
Serious
Rover 100 Series crash on the A905 in Falkirk, 18 September 2001
3 m awayRef 200196E408375
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A905 in Falkirk, 1 April 2011
3 m awayRef 2011961100688
Slight
Peugeot Expert crash on the A904 in Falkirk, 12 November 2004
3 m awayRef 200496E403063
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A905 in Falkirk, 17 December 2007
3 m awayRef 2007960703511
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 43, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125EX2)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2017961700769 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.