A9 crash in Perth and Kinross on 23 May 2012 at 17:30 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross at 17:30 on Wednesday 23 May 2012. The 57-year-old female driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2012
- Wednesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.2563, longitude -3.78799, in the PH4 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012930001545
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 8081
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 June 2018.
Serious
Mercedes C Class crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 15 June 2018
3 m awayRef 2018930000207
Serious
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 7 March 2023
4 m awayRef 2023991284223
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 25 August 2018
4 m awayRef 2018930000291
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 5 May 2013
9 m awayRef 2013930000509
Serious
Renault Kangoo crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 12 October 2007
10 m awayRef 2007930004060
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 9 November 2009
10 m awayRef 2009930003844
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 2012930001545 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 2012.