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Serious A93 crash in Aberdeenshire on 1 May 1998 at 15:50 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle, a Ford Orion and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire at 15:50 on Friday 1 May 1998. The 29-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 May 1998
Friday, 15:50
Vehicles
3
Honda and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.07041, longitude -2.65638, in the AB34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998929801781
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
93
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 220 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2024.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    900 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, 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 1998929801781 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 1998.