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Unclassified road crash in Aberdeen City AB25 on 16 December 1997 at 16:00 involving a Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle and a Bedford minibus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City at 16:00 on Tuesday 16 December 1997. The 30-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX750 and Bedford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.15473, longitude -2.10577, in the AB25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997929706353
Council area
Aberdeen City
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
989

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX750

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX750)

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 1997929706353 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeen City road accident statistics for 1997.