Serious A9 crash in Stirling on 5 February 2015 at 15:05 involving a Kia Rio
A Kia Rio and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A9 in Stirling at 15:05 on Thursday 5 February 2015. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were 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
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Feb 2015
- Thursday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Rio and Volvo
- Casualties
- 5
- 1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.09275, longitude -3.91618, in the FK7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bannockburn, Stirling, FK7 8JL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stirling
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015961500232
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2013.
Slight
Fiat Bravo crash on an unclassified road in Stirling, 10 September 2013
1 m awayRef 2013961301653
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A9 in Stirling, 23 August 2013
4 m awayRef 2013961301526
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A9 in Stirling, 3 July 1997
9 m awayRef 199796E052871
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A9 in Stirling, 21 January 1997
9 m awayRef 199796NS09527
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A9 in Stirling, 27 May 1995
9 m awayRef 199596NS09971
Serious
Nissan 200 crash on the A9 in Stirling, 25 October 1997
9 m awayRef 199796E056730
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Rio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 7,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Rio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Kia Rio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Standing passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated 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 2015961500232 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 2015.