Serious A9 crash in Stirling on 3 April 2015 at 08:20 involving a Mitsubishi Lancer
A Mitsubishi Lancer and a Seat Altea were involved in a crash on the A9 in Stirling at 08:20 on Friday 3 April 2015. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Apr 2015
- Friday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Lancer and Seat Altea
- Casualties
- 6
- 2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.08652, longitude -3.90606, in the FK7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bannockburn. 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
- 2015961500583
- 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
- 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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1982.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A9 in Stirling, 12 March 1982
30 m awayRef 198296NS09021
Slight
Volvo S60 crash on the A9 in Stirling, 24 November 2004
84 m awayRef 200496E403215
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the A9 in Stirling, 10 October 2014
87 m awayRef 2014961401663
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A9 in Stirling, 27 March 2011
90 m awayRef 2011961100654
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Stirling, 1 July 2014
96 m awayRef 2014961401070
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the A91 in Stirling, 25 April 2003
112 m awayRef 200396E301074
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Lancer
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,584 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Altea
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Lancer)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Lancer)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Lancer)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Lancer)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Altea)
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Altea)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2015961500583 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.