A822 crash in Perth and Kinross on 6 March 2021 at 17:27 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class crashed on the A822 in Perth and Kinross at 17:27 on Saturday 6 March 2021. The 31-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Mar 2021
- Saturday, 17:27
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes A Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.28491, longitude -3.86558, in the FK15 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991026221
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 822
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 39 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 1990.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 30 July 1990
39 m awayRef 199093901714W
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 2 March 1997
39 m awayRef 199793971045W
Slight
Car crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 28 April 1984
39 m awayRef 19849384W0597
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 31 March 1991
100 m awayRef 199193911618W
Serious
Car crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 1 May 1982
100 m awayRef 19829382W0599
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 29 December 1990
196 m awayRef 199093907050W
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2021991026221 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 2021.