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Serious unclassified road crash in Falkirk FK1 on 19 December 2019 at 21:00 involving a Skoda Rapid taxi

A Skoda Rapid taxi crashed on an unclassified road in Falkirk at 21:00 on Thursday 19 December 2019. A 72-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet road with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 2019
Thursday, 21:00
Vehicles
1
Skoda Rapid
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99676, longitude -3.77617, in the FK1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019960922772
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less 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, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Rapid

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 72, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Rapid)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    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 2019960922772 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.