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Serious A827 crash in Perth and Kinross on 21 May 1998 at 12:00 involving a Kia Mentor

A Kia Mentor crashed on the A827 in Perth and Kinross at 12:00 on Thursday 21 May 1998. A 45-year-old male passenger was seriously 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
21 May 1998
Thursday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
Kia Mentor
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.51282, longitude -4.19546, in the PH15 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199893982020W
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
827
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, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kia Mentor

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Mentor)

    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 199893982020W 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 1998.