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Fatal A977 crash in Perth and Kinross on 31 December 2019 at 14:30 involving a Citroen C3

A Citroen C3 crashed on the A977 in Perth and Kinross at 14:30 on Tuesday 31 December 2019. The 77-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 Dec 2019
Tuesday, 14:30
Vehicles
1
Citroen C3
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.15458, longitude -3.62664, in the FK14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019930914600
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
977
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

    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 2019930914600 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.