A9 crash in Stirling on 12 December 2016 at 09:50 involving a Vauxhall Zafira taxi
A Vauxhall Zafira taxi and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on the A9 in Stirling at 09:50 on Monday 12 December 2016. The 50-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira taxi and the 45-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2016
- Monday, 09:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and Mini Cooper
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.14942, longitude -3.93149, in the FK9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridge of Allan.
Map of where the crash happened in Stirling
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016961601917
- 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
- 40 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2013.
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A9 in Stirling, 4 August 2013
6 m awayRef 2013961301409
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A9 in Stirling, 16 February 2015
9 m awayRef 2015961500311
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Stirling, 9 November 1988
18 m awayRef 198896OS14107
Slight
Volvo S60 crash on the A9 in Stirling, 1 July 2015
19 m awayRef 2015961501109
Slight
Audi TT crash on the A9 in Stirling, 7 December 2003
66 m awayRef 200396E303314
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A9 in Stirling, 1 October 2012
73 m awayRef 2012961201818
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
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 2016961601917 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 2016.