A803 crash in Falkirk on 24 December 2019 at 22:02 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on the A803 in Falkirk at 22:02 on Tuesday 24 December 2019. A 46-year-old female passenger in the Ford Kuga and the 52-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Mokka were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 2019
- Tuesday, 22:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and Ford Kuga
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00132, longitude -3.79768, in the FK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Falkirk. It is one of the crashes that make up the Falkirk South, Falkirk, FK1 5JA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019960913392
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2012.
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the B803 in Falkirk, 11 February 2012
14 m awayRef 2012961200282
Slight
Mini One crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 8 July 2015
24 m awayRef 2015961501102
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 25 July 1994
53 m awayRef 199496PF05338
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 2 February 1980
68 m awayRef 198096PF03038
Slight
Car crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 9 August 1983
68 m awayRef 198396QF05282
Slight
Car crash on the B905 in Falkirk, 18 February 1983
68 m awayRef 198396RF03063
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Kuga)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Mokka)
- 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 2019960913392 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.