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Serious A94 crash in Perth and Kinross on 19 December 1982 at 02:05 involving a van

A van crashed on the A94 in Perth and Kinross at 02:05 on Sunday 19 December 1982. The 25-year-old male driver, a 22-year-old male passenger and a 22-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 1982
Sunday, 02:05
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.57028, longitude -3.2173, in the PH13 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19829382W1963
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
94
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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 22 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

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

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, 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 19829382W1963 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.