A9 crash in Perth and Kinross on 24 February 2018 at 14:15 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross at 14:15 on Saturday 24 February 2018. The 29-year-old male driver of the minibus and an 8-year-old female passenger in the minibus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2018
- Saturday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and minibus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.60852, longitude -3.62693, in the PH9 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018930000105
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 9
- 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
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 May 2019.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 5 May 2019
5 m awayRef 2019930000127
Fatal
Hyundai i10 crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 16 September 2022
51 m awayRef 2022991220160
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 14 October 1990
126 m awayRef 199093903142W
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 6 October 2011
128 m awayRef 2011930002892
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 30 October 1984
139 m awayRef 19849384W1583
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 1 September 2017
143 m awayRef 2017930000404
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Minibus
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 29 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, minibus occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most 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 2018930000105 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.