M90 crash in Perth and Kinross on 9 June 2015 at 22:30 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Volkswagen were involved in a crash on the M90 in Perth and Kinross at 22:30 on Tuesday 9 June 2015. The 48-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jun 2015
- Tuesday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Volkswagen
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.18563, longitude -3.41765, in the KY13 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015930000328
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 90
- 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
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the M90 in Perth and Kinross, 18 December 1984
28 m awayRef 19849384W1854
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the M90 in Perth and Kinross, 16 February 2023
81 m awayRef 2023991277919
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the M90 in Perth and Kinross, 23 April 1997
117 m awayRef 199793971922W
Slight
Car crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 19 June 2008
153 m awayRef 2008930002841
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the M90 in Perth and Kinross, 28 April 1993
157 m awayRef 199393932090W
Slight
Car crash on the M90 in Perth and Kinross, 6 March 1986
173 m awayRef 19869386W0370
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes C Class)
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 2015930000328 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 2015.