A803 crash in Falkirk on 8 December 2019 at 13:30 involving a Kia Rio
A goods vehicle and a Kia Rio were involved in a crash on the A803 in Falkirk at 13:30 on Sunday 8 December 2019. The 51-year-old female driver of the Kia Rio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Dec 2019
- Sunday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Goods vehicle and Kia Rio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00477, longitude -3.81994, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Camelon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falkirk North, Falkirk, FK1 4LW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019960907165
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 803
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 September 2025.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 9 September 2025
8 m awayRef 2025991639796
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 16 February 1989
10 m awayRef 198996PF07073
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 5 March 2002
12 m awayRef 200296E200365
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 11 August 2002
12 m awayRef 200296E201870
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 27 September 1993
12 m awayRef 199396PF07496
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 11 January 2010
12 m awayRef 2010961000064
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle
Goods vehicle, weight unknown
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Kia Rio
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,493 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Rio)
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 2019960907165 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 2019.