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Serious A85 crash in Perth and Kinross on 8 August 1990 at 16:25 involving a Ford Transit lorry

A Ford Transit lorry crashed on the A85 in Perth and Kinross at 16:25 on Wednesday 8 August 1990. The 44-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Aug 1990
Wednesday, 16:25
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.4504, longitude -3.16317, in the PH14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199093901771C
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
85
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 199093901771C 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 1990.