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A823 crash in Perth and Kinross on 8 May 1997 at 13:30 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A823 in Perth and Kinross at 13:30 on Thursday 8 May 1997. A 17-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 May 1997
Thursday, 13:30
Vehicles
2
Nissan Micra and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.28542, longitude -3.74619, in the PH3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199793972037W
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
823
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
A
Second road number
824

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    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 199793972037W 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 1997.