B8079 crash in Perth and Kinross on 18 July 2023 at 10:30 involving a Mercedes Gle Class
A Mercedes Gle Class hit a pedestrian on the B8079 in Perth and Kinross at 10:30 on Tuesday 18 July 2023. A 42-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 2023
- Tuesday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes Gle Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.76711, longitude -3.84314, in the PH18 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991332896
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8079
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 September 2013.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the B8079 in Perth and Kinross, 28 September 2013
12 m awayRef 2013930001356
Serious
Honda CG125C crash on the B8079 in Perth and Kinross, 26 July 1990
143 m awayRef 199093901669W
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B8075 in Perth and Kinross, 21 January 1999
151 m awayRef 199993990391W
Serious
Lorry crash on the B8079 in Perth and Kinross, 9 June 1988
166 m awayRef 19889388W0804
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the B8079 in Perth and Kinross, 23 July 1990
166 m awayRef 199093901650W
Slight
Lorry crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 2 December 1979
166 m awayRef 19799379W2199
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Gle Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,925 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes Gle Class)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2023991332896 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 2023.