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Serious A9 crash in Perth and Kinross on 14 October 2022 at 17:16 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A9 in Perth and Kinross at 17:16 on Friday 14 October 2022. The 72-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
14 Oct 2022
Friday, 17:16
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.8415, longitude -4.23599, in the PH18 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022991230561
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
9
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

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, 39 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 July 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately 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 2022991230561 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 2022.