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Serious A9 crash in Stirling on 22 December 1997 at 15:30 involving a Volvo 360

A Volvo 360 crashed on the A9 in Stirling at 15:30 on Monday 22 December 1997. The 43-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1997
Monday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo 360
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.17088, longitude -3.971, in the FK15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199796E929702
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 January 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 360

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 360)

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 199796E929702 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.