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Serious C road crash in Perth and Kinross PH5 on 25 December 2018 at 18:15 involving a BMW 4 Series

A car and a BMW 4 Series were involved in a crash on a C road in Perth and Kinross at 18:15 on Tuesday 25 December 2018. A 69-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured and the 73-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Dec 2018
Tuesday, 18:15
Vehicles
2
Car and BMW 4 Series
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.32884, longitude -3.81006, in the PH5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018930000018
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Mud
Carriageway hazards
Mud

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, 143 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: BMW 4 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2018930000018 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 2018.