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Serious A924 crash in Perth and Kinross on 22 October 1982 at 23:55 involving a van

A van crashed on the A924 in Perth and Kinross at 23:55 on Friday 22 October 1982. All four casualties were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Oct 1982
Friday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
4
4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.65241, longitude -3.43525, in the PH10 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19829382W1577
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
924
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 19829382W1577 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Perth and Kinross road accident statistics for 1982.