Serious B8062 crash in Perth and Kinross on 2 May 2021 at 03:25 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1 crashed on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross at 03:25 on Sunday 2 May 2021. The 19-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 May 2021
- Sunday, 03:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.36226, longitude -3.8212, in the PH7 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991042929
- 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
- 8062
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 2 September 1986
33 m awayRef 19869386W1385
Slight
Car crash on the B8026 in Perth and Kinross, 21 December 1984
33 m awayRef 19849384W1882
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 22 March 1998
88 m awayRef 199893981146W
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 30 April 1998
88 m awayRef 199893981857W
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 6 July 1984
88 m awayRef 19849384W0957
Serious
Vehicle crash on the B8062 in Perth and Kinross, 13 August 1979
88 m awayRef 19799379W1397
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2021991042929 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.