Serious B905 crash in Falkirk on 8 December 2019 at 16:50 involving an Alfa Romeo Giulia
A car and an Alfa Romeo Giulia were involved in a crash on the B905 in Falkirk at 16:50 on Sunday 8 December 2019. The 80-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Dec 2019
- Sunday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Alfa Romeo Giulia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02649, longitude -3.81695, in the FK5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Larbert and Stenhousemuir. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst, Falkirk, FK5 3BB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019960912949
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 905
- 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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2002.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 14 June 2002
At the same spotRef 200296E201428
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A905 in Falkirk, 16 December 1999
10 m awayRef 199996E634541
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 28 September 2001
28 m awayRef 200196E618653
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 28 January 2022
29 m awayRef 2022991137778
Serious
Car crash on the B902 in Falkirk, 13 October 1995
40 m awayRef 199596WF13144
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 8 November 1980
40 m awayRef 198096WE01050
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo Giulia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019960912949 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.