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Fatal B953 crash in Perth and Kinross on 20 August 1995 at 05:45 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle crashed on the B953 in Perth and Kinross at 05:45 on Sunday 20 August 1995. The 29-year-old male rider was killed and a 17-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Aug 1995
Sunday, 05:45
Vehicles
1
Honda
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.46237, longitude -3.31447, in the PH2 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199593954005W
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
953
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 316 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    399 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 199593954005W 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 1995.