A9 crash in Perth and Kinross on 3 April 2014 at 06:45 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross at 06:45 on Thursday 3 April 2014. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 2014
- Thursday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Mercedes
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.29655, longitude -3.68492, in the PH3 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014930000215
- 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
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2009.
Slight
Renault crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 19 February 2009
25 m awayRef 2009930001075
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 25 March 2000
85 m awayRef 2000930001219
Serious
Van crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 2 May 1986
98 m awayRef 19869386W0674
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 9 November 2013
120 m awayRef 2013930001677
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 3 August 1989
140 m awayRef 19899389W1341
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 16 December 1996
186 m awayRef 199693966110W
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,946 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2014930000215 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 2014.