Serious B996 crash in Perth and Kinross on 19 November 2015 at 09:57 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross at 09:57 on Thursday 19 November 2015. The 56-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Nov 2015
- Thursday, 09:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.18462, longitude -3.41294, in the KY13 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015930000557
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 996
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Wet or damp
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, 98 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 February 1999.
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 2 February 1999
98 m awayRef 199993990634W
Serious
Car crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 9 July 1981
109 m awayRef 19819381W0992
Slight
Car crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 19 June 2008
190 m awayRef 2008930002841
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the M90 in Perth and Kinross, 28 April 1993
198 m awayRef 199393932090W
Serious
Van crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 11 November 2017
225 m awayRef 2017930000429
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the M90 in Perth and Kinross, 23 April 1997
275 m awayRef 199793971922W
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 56, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2015930000557 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.