Serious A924 crash in Perth and Kinross on 11 July 2014 at 11:45 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross at 11:45 on Friday 11 July 2014. A 68-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Passat was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Jul 2014
- Friday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.70237, longitude -3.73201, in the PH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pitlochry.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014930000343
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 924
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross, 10 October 2009
30 m awayRef 2009930003349
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Perth and Kinross, 7 December 2002
33 m awayRef 2002930000379
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 18 May 1980
56 m awayRef 19809380W0663
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 22 June 1979
56 m awayRef 19799379W1002
Serious
Leyland DAF 400 crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross, 7 March 1994
56 m awayRef 199493941397W
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross, 23 September 1993
58 m awayRef 199393934696W
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- 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 2014930000343 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.