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Unclassified road crash in Falkirk EH51 on 23 November 2017 at 11:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 11:00 on Thursday 23 November 2017. The 33-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 2017
Thursday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Nissan Qashqai
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00668, longitude -3.6081, in the EH51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bo'ness.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017961701110
Council area
Falkirk
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Wet or damp

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, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2017961701110 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.