B8080 crash in Falkirk on 14 August 2020 at 17:20 involving a Hyundai i10
A Hyundai i10 and a Mazda 2 were involved in a crash on the B8080 in Falkirk at 17:20 on Friday 14 August 2020. The 39-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i10 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2020
- Friday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai i10 and Mazda 2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.0001, longitude -3.77519, 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 1RE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Falkirk
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990972645
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8080
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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 serious injury crash on 1 May 1992.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 1 May 1992
14 m awayRef 199296BF01622
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 18 August 2006
40 m awayRef 2006960602205
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B8080 in Falkirk, 23 July 2006
48 m awayRef 2006960601988
Serious
Car crash on the B8080 in Falkirk, 19 July 2008
60 m awayRef 2008960801787
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 5 September 2001
60 m awayRef 200196E618465
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B8080 in Falkirk, 4 February 2015
64 m awayRef 2015961500244
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,349 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i10)
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 2020990972645 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 2020.