Serious B996 crash in Perth and Kinross on 4 July 2020 at 20:33 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra crashed on the B996 in Perth and Kinross at 20:33 on Saturday 4 July 2020. The 51-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Jul 2020
- Saturday, 20:33
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.14884, longitude -3.38292, in the KY4 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990962105
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 996
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 60 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2001.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Perth and Kinross, 1 November 2001
60 m awayRef 2001930000554
Slight
Car crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 18 February 1997
82 m awayRef 199793970819W
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 7 September 1980
120 m awayRef 19809380W1372
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 27 January 2020
176 m awayRef 2020990955394
Serious
Volvo crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 5 January 1995
212 m awayRef 199593950087W
Fatal
Car crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 19 November 1988
223 m awayRef 19889388W1895
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020990962105 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 2020.