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A9 crash in Stirling on 3 May 1997 at 20:35 involving a Ford Sapphire

A car and a Ford Sapphire were involved in a crash on the A9 in Stirling at 20:35 on Saturday 3 May 1997. The 49-year-old female driver of the Ford Sapphire was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 May 1997
Saturday, 20:35
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Sapphire
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.12577, longitude -3.93684, in the FK8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stirling.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199796E050874
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 28 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sapphire

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sapphire)

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 199796E050874 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 1997.