Serious A81 crash in Stirling on 11 February 2018 at 14:09 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Dacia Duster were involved in a crash on the A81 in Stirling at 14:09 on Sunday 11 February 2018. There were four casualties: three people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Feb 2018
- Sunday, 14:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Dacia Duster
- Casualties
- 4
- 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.96862, longitude -4.30164, in the G63 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Stirling
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018961800056
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 81
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 99 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 2006.
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A81 in Stirling, 26 September 2006
99 m awayRef 2006960602622
Serious
Car crash on the A81 in Stirling, 12 June 1981
145 m awayRef 198196HK10016
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A81 in Stirling, 3 April 1986
199 m awayRef 198696HK10071
Slight
Car crash on the A81 in Stirling, 8 February 1985
199 m awayRef 198596HK10016
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A81 in Stirling, 2 August 1981
199 m awayRef 198196HK10020
Slight
Car crash on the A81 in Stirling, 12 June 1985
199 m awayRef 198596HK10099
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Dacia Duster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dacia Duster)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018961800056 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 2018.