A90 crash in Perth and Kinross on 22 July 2021 at 17:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A90 in Perth and Kinross at 17:00 on Thursday 22 July 2021. A 12-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jul 2021
- Thursday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.44435, longitude -3.17369, in the PH14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991069133
- 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
- 90
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 February 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A90 in Perth and Kinross, 8 February 2010
44 m awayRef 2010930000612
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A90 in Perth and Kinross, 19 July 2021
54 m awayRef 2021991067783
Serious
Car crash on the A85 in Perth and Kinross, 25 March 1985
55 m awayRef 19859385W0462
Serious
Car crash on the A90 in Perth and Kinross, 4 June 2000
55 m awayRef 2000930001671
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A93 in Perth and Kinross, 29 April 1999
55 m awayRef 199993991906W
Serious
Car crash on the A85 in Perth and Kinross, 2 July 1980
55 m awayRef 19809380W0984
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021991069133 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.