A827 crash in Perth and Kinross on 26 July 2006 at 16:48 involving a Volvo lorry
A Volvo lorry and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross at 16:48 on Wednesday 26 July 2006. The 73-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus 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
- 26 Jul 2006
- Wednesday, 16:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.57632, longitude -4.04792, in the PH15 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2006930002837
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 827
- 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
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 242 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 July 1980.
Slight
Car crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross, 15 July 1980
242 m awayRef 19809380W0999
Slight
Lorry crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross, 4 June 1987
301 m awayRef 19879387W0763
Serious
Volvo 340 crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross, 20 March 1996
496 m awayRef 199693961354W
Slight
Car crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross, 17 May 1988
524 m awayRef 19889388W0691
Slight
Lorry crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross, 30 August 1979
908 m awayRef 19799379W1506
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross, 18 June 1999
1.1 km awayRef 199993992781W
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
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 2006930002837 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 2006.