Serious B846 crash in Perth and Kinross on 24 July 2012 at 08:45 involving a Ford Transit lorry
A car and a Ford Transit lorry were involved in a crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross at 08:45 on Tuesday 24 July 2012. The 55-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured and a 38-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Jul 2012
- Tuesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.68953, longitude -4.34001, in the PH17 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012930002043
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 846
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 656 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2007.
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross, 17 January 2007
656 m awayRef 2007930001190
Fatal
Mazda MX-3 crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross, 16 January 2011
808 m awayRef 2011930000247
Serious
Peugeot 305 crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross, 6 April 1995
932 m awayRef 199593951736W
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross, 21 April 1998
1.1 km awayRef 199893981799W
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross, 12 June 1991
1.3 km awayRef 199193913066W
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Perth and Kinross, 16 June 1990
1.4 km awayRef 199093900894W
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 38, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 2012930002043 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.