Serious A9 crash in Stirling on 30 May 2011 at 13:20 involving a Scania lorry
Four vehicles, including a Scania lorry and a Volkswagen Golf, were involved in a crash on the A9 in Stirling at 13:20 on Monday 30 May 2011. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 May 2011
- Monday, 13:20
- Vehicles
- 4
- Scania and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.19238, longitude -3.98438, in the FK15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Stirling
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011961101104
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 December 1999.
Serious
Minibus crash on the A9 in Stirling, 28 December 1999
41 m awayRef 199996E858419
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A9 in Stirling, 1 March 1995
85 m awayRef 199596BK01974
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A820 in Stirling, 24 January 2004
98 m awayRef 200496E400229
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A820 in Stirling, 25 January 1995
104 m awayRef 199596GK01538
Serious
Mercedes GLC Class crash on the A820 in Stirling, 21 February 2023
105 m awayRef 2023991279062
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A820 in Stirling, 5 June 2010
110 m awayRef 2010961001095
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 15,607 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Volvo S60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)
- 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 2011961101104 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 2011.