B996 crash in Perth and Kinross on 4 September 2007 at 10:15 involving a Vauxhall Astravan
A Vauxhall Astravan crashed on the B996 in Perth and Kinross at 10:15 on Tuesday 4 September 2007. The 30-year-old male driver 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
- 4 Sep 2007
- Tuesday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astravan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.3029, longitude -3.36751, in the PH2 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007930003658
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 996
- 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, 9 metres away, was a fatal crash on 12 July 2025.
Fatal
Nissan Micra crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 12 July 2025
9 m awayRef 2025991615135
Slight
Van crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 9 November 1987
81 m awayRef 19879387W1704
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A90 in Perth and Kinross, 13 August 1980
81 m awayRef 19809380W1211
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B966 in Perth and Kinross, 6 October 1983
81 m awayRef 19839383W1582
Serious
Suzuki TL 1000 crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 12 July 2010
91 m awayRef 2010930002113
Fatal
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 21 September 2018
243 m awayRef 2018930000319
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astravan)
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 2007930003658 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 2007.