B996 crash in Perth and Kinross on 4 April 2019 at 08:50 involving a car
A car crashed on the B996 in Perth and Kinross at 08:50 on Thursday 4 April 2019. The 17-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 2019
- Thursday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.19749, longitude -3.42329, in the KY13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kinross.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019930000103
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 996
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 25 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 February 2016.
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 7 February 2016
25 m awayRef 2016930000054
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 11 September 1989
47 m awayRef 19899389W1607
Slight
Car crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 1 October 1979
47 m awayRef 19799379W1739
Serious
Car crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 17 May 1989
47 m awayRef 19899389W0808
Slight
Car crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 20 December 1981
47 m awayRef 19819381W1965
Serious
Car crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 9 November 1979
47 m awayRef 19799379W2012
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019930000103 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 2019.