A924 crash in Perth and Kinross on 12 July 2015 at 15:25 involving a Volvo V70
A motorcycle and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross at 15:25 on Sunday 12 July 2015. The 58-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2015
- Sunday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Volvo V70
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.72014, longitude -3.49999, in the PH10 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015930000375
- 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
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
- 33%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 67%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 August 1993.
Serious
Vauxhall Carlton crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross, 15 August 1993
23 m awayRef 199393934101W
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B950 in Perth and Kinross, 16 May 1995
205 m awayRef 199593952292W
Serious
Land Rover 110 crash on the B950 in Perth and Kinross, 21 June 1995
505 m awayRef 199593953096W
Serious
Volvo crash on the A824 in Perth and Kinross, 4 March 1999
700 m awayRef 199993991119W
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the B950 in Perth and Kinross, 19 December 2003
775 m awayRef 2003930000055
Slight
Car crash on the A324 in Perth and Kinross, 22 February 1989
828 m awayRef 19899389W0329
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2015930000375 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.