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A85 crash in Perth and Kinross on 10 February 2000 at 10:00 involving an agricultural vehicle

An agricultural vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on the A85 in Perth and Kinross at 10:00 on Thursday 10 February 2000. The 51-year-old male driver of the agricultural vehicle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 2000
Thursday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Agricultural vehicle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.175, longitude -5.0785, in the PA27 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000930001150
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
85
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 300 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Agricultural vehicle

    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
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, agricultural vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Agricultural vehicle)

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 2000930001150 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 2000.