Serious A9 crash in Perth and Kinross on 9 November 2018 at 19:05 involving a Mitsubishi Outlander
A Mitsubishi Outlander, a Yamaha MT07 motorcycle and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross at 19:05 on Friday 9 November 2018. The 19-year-old male rider of the Yamaha MT07 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Nov 2018
- Friday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mitsubishi Outlander and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.37601, longitude -3.52775, in the PH2 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018930000403
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2017.
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 2 October 2017
1 m awayRef 2017930000359
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 9 June 2017
2 m awayRef 2017930000217
Serious
Subaru Outback crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 6 December 2017
2 m awayRef 2017930000024
Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 30 October 2025
2 m awayRef 2025991661997
Slight
Jaguar XE Series crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 8 August 2017
3 m awayRef 2017930000285
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 23 August 2024
3 m awayRef 2024991485733
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Outlander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,268 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha MT07
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha MT07)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018930000403 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.