A977 crash in Perth and Kinross on 20 March 2018 at 10:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A977 in Perth and Kinross at 10:50 on Tuesday 20 March 2018. The 71-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Mar 2018
- Tuesday, 10:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.20889, longitude -3.43742, in the KY13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kinross-shire, Perth and Kinross, KY13 8TH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018930000115
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 977
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 90
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
- 28%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 72%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 February 2015.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A977 in Dundee City, 2 February 2015
36 m awayRef 2015930000196
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A977 in Perth and Kinross, 5 June 1997
55 m awayRef 199793972536W
Slight
Lorry crash on the A977 in Perth and Kinross, 20 April 2000
55 m awayRef 2000930001253
Serious
Car crash on the A977 in Perth and Kinross, 25 December 1999
55 m awayRef 1999930000873
Slight
Car crash on the A977 in Perth and Kinross, 10 June 1985
55 m awayRef 19859385W0815
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A977 in Perth and Kinross, 7 May 1998
55 m awayRef 199893982184W
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 71, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2018930000115 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.