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Serious A924 crash in Perth and Kinross on 20 July 1997 at 11:35 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross at 11:35 on Sunday 20 July 1997. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 44-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Jul 1997
Sunday, 11:35
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.75687, longitude -3.56518, in the PH10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199793973330W
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
Urban or rural
Rural

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 serious injury crash on 14 March 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199793973330W 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.