A9 crash in Perth and Kinross on 25 August 2011 at 12:05 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross at 12:05 on Thursday 25 August 2011. The 83-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and the 31-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were 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
- 25 Aug 2011
- Thursday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.75963, longitude -3.84162, in the PH18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011930002863
- 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
- 29%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 71%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2012.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 25 January 2012
14 m awayRef 2012930000475
Slight
Renault Trucks Master crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 21 December 2023
129 m awayRef 2023991391192
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 14 April 2013
196 m awayRef 2013930000411
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 7 May 2006
206 m awayRef 2006930001904
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 21 August 2014
215 m awayRef 2014930000408
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 10 April 1998
225 m awayRef 199893981746W
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2011930002863 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 2011.