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Fatal A9 crash in Stirling on 27 December 1998 at 03:10 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A9 in Stirling at 03:10 on Sunday 27 December 1998. A 42-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Dec 1998
Sunday, 03:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.17707, longitude -3.97744, in the FK15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199896E828831
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 February 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 199896E828831 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 1998.