B8062 crash in Perth and Kinross on 3 October 2012 at 15:50 involving a Volvo S60
A Volvo S60 and a Toyota Hilux were involved in a crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross at 15:50 on Wednesday 3 October 2012. The 83-year-old male driver of the Volvo S60 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2012
- Wednesday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo S60 and Toyota Hilux
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.31151, longitude -3.70262, in the PH3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012930002365
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8062
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 76 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 1982.
Slight
Minibus crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 5 October 1982
76 m awayRef 19829382W1472
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 15 September 1993
148 m awayRef 199393934587W
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 4 December 1982
272 m awayRef 19829382W1852
Slight
Honda crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 16 May 1998
337 m awayRef 199893981964W
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 19 January 2002
371 m awayRef 2002930002000
Slight
Car crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 11 February 1986
475 m awayRef 19869386W0246
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo S60
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
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Hilux
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
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,494 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo S60)
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 2012930002365 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.