Serious A9 crash in Stirling on 14 March 2003 at 17:30 involving a Ford Escort
Four vehicles, including a Ford Escort and a Peugeot 307, were involved in a crash on the A9 in Stirling at 17:30 on Friday 14 March 2003. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Mar 2003
- Friday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Escort and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.17854, longitude -3.97899, in the FK15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trossachs and Teith, Stirling, FK15 9NU area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200396E300752
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 August 2025.
Serious
Mercedes Gla Class crash on the A9 in Stirling, 9 August 2025
20 m awayRef 2025991629555
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the A9 in Stirling, 1 April 2000
22 m awayRef 200096E805636
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A9 in Stirling, 17 July 1993
51 m awayRef 199396GK01694
Fatal
Car crash on the A9 in Stirling, 27 December 1998
184 m awayRef 199896E828831
Serious
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A9 in Stirling, 4 February 2006
228 m awayRef 2006960600347
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the A9 in Stirling, 28 February 2025
255 m awayRef 2025991561041
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Hit object in carriageway
- Previous accident
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 4: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200396E300752 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 2003.