Serious B8079 crash in Perth and Kinross on 28 August 2004 at 14:50 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a car were involved in a crash on the B8079 in Perth and Kinross at 14:50 on Saturday 28 August 2004. The 65-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and a 57-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra were seriously injured and the 48-year-old male driver of the car 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
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Aug 2004
- Saturday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.77138, longitude -3.92598, in the PH18 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004930003845
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8079
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 1982.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 10 August 1982
32 m awayRef 19829382W1162
Serious
Talbot Samba crash on the B8079 in Perth and Kinross, 29 October 1991
71 m awayRef 199193915616W
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 9 March 1980
141 m awayRef 19809380W0357
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 30 August 1983
158 m awayRef 19839383W1340
Slight
Bus crash on the B8079 in Perth and Kinross, 9 February 1985
192 m awayRef 19859385W0189
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 19 February 1987
192 m awayRef 19879387W0258
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- 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 2004930003845 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 2004.