Serious A824 crash in Perth and Kinross on 17 September 2011 at 15:45 involving an Alfa Romeo 156
An Alfa Romeo 156 and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A824 in Perth and Kinross at 15:45 on Saturday 17 September 2011. The 32-year-old female driver of the Ford Galaxy was seriously injured and the 17-year-old male driver of the Alfa Romeo 156 and a 5-year-old male passenger in the Ford Galaxy were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Sep 2011
- Saturday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alfa Romeo 156 and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.30941, longitude -3.67229, in the PH3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011930002871
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 824
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Flood over 3cm deep
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2014.
Slight
Car crash on the A824 in Perth and Kinross, 5 November 2014
20 m awayRef 201493D000065
Slight
Car crash on the A824 in Perth and Kinross, 12 February 2008
40 m awayRef 2008930001244
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A824 in Perth and Kinross, 10 November 1995
78 m awayRef 199593955482W
Fatal
Suzuki Swift crash on the A824 in Perth and Kinross, 5 December 2005
91 m awayRef 2005930004465
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A824 in Perth and Kinross, 2 November 2014
151 m awayRef 2014930000028
Slight
Car crash on the A824 in Perth and Kinross, 8 July 1985
155 m awayRef 19859385W1003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo 156
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,747 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 156)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2011930002871 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.