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Serious A85 crash in Perth and Kinross on 8 August 2010 at 17:40 involving a Fiat Punto

A Fiat Punto crashed on the A85 in Perth and Kinross at 17:40 on Sunday 8 August 2010. The 49-year-old female driver and a 75-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Aug 2010
Sunday, 17:40
Vehicles
1
Fiat Punto
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.38142, longitude -3.40951, in the PH2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carse of Gowrie, Perth and Kinross, PH2 7JU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010930002364
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
85
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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Punto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Punto)

    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 2010930002364 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 2010.