A9 crash in Perth and Kinross on 16 June 2008 at 17:00 involving a Volkswagen Caddy van
A Volkswagen Caddy van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross at 17:00 on Monday 16 June 2008. The 48-year-old female cyclist 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
- 16 Jun 2008
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Caddy and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.78819, longitude -4.01083, in the PH18 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008930003058
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 9
- 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
- 27%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 73%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 98 metres away, was a fatal crash on 18 May 2001.
Fatal
Land Rover crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 18 May 2001
98 m awayRef 2001930001715
Serious
Volvo XC90 crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 5 October 2007
128 m awayRef 2007930004042
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 30 July 2025
162 m awayRef 2025991624513
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 25 June 1993
166 m awayRef 199393933031W
Serious
Scania crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 23 April 2013
214 m awayRef 2013930000428
Fatal
Peugeot 206 crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 8 October 2003
216 m awayRef 2003930004523
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 48, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2008930003058 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 2008.