B8062 crash in Perth and Kinross on 8 July 2002 at 17:30 involving a Ford Transit lorry
A Ford Transit lorry and a Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry were involved in a crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross at 17:30 on Monday 8 July 2002. The 49-year-old male driver of the Leyland DAF FA 55 lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 2002
- Monday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Leyland DAF FA 55
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.35674, longitude -3.78993, in the PH7 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002930004448
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8062
- 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, 48 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2016.
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 24 May 2016
48 m awayRef 2016930000315
Slight
Car crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 9 January 2000
100 m awayRef 2000930003164
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 9 April 2004
267 m awayRef 2004930002073
Slight
Car crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 20 December 1989
361 m awayRef 19899389W2426
Slight
Van crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 3 July 2008
367 m awayRef 2008930003227
Slight
Car crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 31 July 1989
566 m awayRef 19899389W1277
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Vehicle 2: Leyland DAF FA 55
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,880 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Leyland DAF FA 55)
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 2002930004448 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 2002.