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A948 crash in Aberdeenshire on 18 November 1997 at 15:55 involving a Honda CB125TD motorcycle

A Honda CB125TD motorcycle and a Volvo 440 were involved in a crash on the A948 in Aberdeenshire at 15:55 on Tuesday 18 November 1997. The 18-year-old male rider of the Honda CB125TD motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Nov 1997
Tuesday, 15:55
Vehicles
2
Honda CB125TD and Volvo 440
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.36585, longitude -2.07479, in the AB41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ellon.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997929705239
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
948
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CB125TD

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CB125TD)

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 1997929705239 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 1997.