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A957 crash in Aberdeenshire on 2 June 1996 at 10:50 involving a BMW R 80 RT motorcycle

A BMW R 80 RT motorcycle and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A957 in Aberdeenshire at 10:50 on Sunday 2 June 1996. The 51-year-old male rider of the BMW R 80 RT motorcycle, a 32-year-old female passenger on the BMW R 80 RT motorcycle and the 25-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle were slightly 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
Slight
Date
2 Jun 1996
Sunday, 10:50
Vehicles
2
BMW R 80 RT and Suzuki
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.99364, longitude -2.288, in the AB39 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996929602264
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
957
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, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R 80 RT

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW R 80 RT)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW R 80 RT)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 1996929602264 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeenshire road accident statistics for 1996.