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Serious A905 crash in Stirling on 9 October 1997 at 14:20 involving a Mazda E2200 van

A Mazda E2200 van and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A905 in Stirling at 14:20 on Thursday 9 October 1997. The 31-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle and a 25-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle were 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
Serious
Date
9 Oct 1997
Thursday, 14:20
Vehicles
2
Mazda E2200 and Suzuki
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.1093, longitude -3.90947, in the FK7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199796E056328
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
905
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda E2200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    2,184 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    750 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, 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 199796E056328 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 1997.