One Dead And Another Injured Following Rural Road Crashes In Scotland Experts Call For Lessons To Be Learned To Improve Safety 08.06.2012 Serious injury specialists at Irwin Mitchell’s Glasgow office have revealed their rural road safety concerns after two separate collisions on Wednesday (June 6th) left one man dead and a woman injured.An 82-year-old man was killed in the incident on a minor road between Hillend and Dunnichen village close to Forfar yesterday afternoon, which occurred when a Mercedes car collided with a Volvo heavy goods vehicle.The road was closed while investigations were carried out and the lorry driver passed a roadside breath test.Only a couple of hours earlier, a woman suffered minor injuries in an incident which saw a Subaru car and black Range Rover crash in Perthshire. Diversions were put in place following the incident.Irwin Mitchell’s specialist serious injury team act for a number of people left with life-changing injuries as a result of road traffic accidents, as well as the families of those killed in such incidents.Elaine Russell, a Partner at the firm’s Glasgow office, said: “These two incidents, which occurred just hours apart, have raised significant concerns about rural road safety in Scotland.“Sadly, our work has shown how such incidents are not particularly uncommon, particularly on roads in the Highlands, and we often work to ensure that people seriously hurt in such incidents can gain funds to access vital rehabilitation and care.“We hope that full investigations can be carried out with a view to providing a clear picture of what happened in each case. It is absolutely vital that lessons can be learned from both crashes.” Press contact James Clarke Press Officer +44 (0)161 838 3169 Email James Tags Personal Injury Road Traffic Accidents Elaine Russell Glasgow Related articles 15.02.2019Transgender Man Fights For Right To Be Recognised As Father On Child's Birth Certificate 14.02.2019Former Shipyard Worker Seeks Answers After Lung Cancer Diagnosis Is Linked To Asbestos 13.02.2019Woman Who Suffered Delayed Diagnosis Speaks Out After Trust Admits Errors 12.02.2019Another Set Of Dementia Friends Made At Irwin Mitchell's Chichester Office 11.02.2019West London Family's Hope For Answers After Mum With Mental Health Problems Dies 11.02.2019Dad Assaulted and Run Over In Chesterfield Town Centre Reveals Battle To Return To Health