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Fatal A977 crash in Perth and Kinross on 23 December 1982 at 14:45 involving a car

A car crashed on the A977 in Perth and Kinross at 14:45 on Thursday 23 December 1982. The 71-year-old male driver and a 67-year-old female passenger were killed.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
23 Dec 1982
Thursday, 14:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.15971, longitude -3.60683, in the FK14 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19829382W2014
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
977
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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19829382W2014 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.