A803 crash in Falkirk on 11 November 2024 at 17:00 involving a Honda CR-V
A Honda CR-V and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A803 in Falkirk at 17:00 on Monday 11 November 2024. The 37-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CR-V and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.00521, longitude -3.82356, 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
- 2024991514909
- Council area
- Falkirk
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 2023.
Serious
MG HS crash on an unclassified road in Falkirk, 1 September 2023
2 m awayRef 2023991347744
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 21 March 2017
3 m awayRef 2017961700374
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 27 January 2016
3 m awayRef 2016961600145
Slight
Suzuki DR 125 crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 21 July 2015
3 m awayRef 2015961501174
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 7 June 2013
3 m awayRef 2013961301018
Serious
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the A803 in Falkirk, 31 May 2002
6 m awayRef 200296E201206
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2024991514909 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 2024.