Serious A90 crash in Aberdeenshire on 26 March 2001 at 06:25 involving a Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle
A Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle, a Ford Focus and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire at 06:25 on Monday 26 March 2001. The 33-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle and a 35-year-old female passenger on the Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Mar 2001
- Monday, 06:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda CBR1100XX and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.31563, longitude -2.04147, in the AB41 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001920101180
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 90
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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, 153 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 August 2012.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 16 August 2012
153 m awayRef 2012921202923
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 27 June 2000
200 m awayRef 2000920002360
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 4 December 1995
224 m awayRef 1995929505861
Serious
Renault 9 crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 25 October 1991
224 m awayRef 1991929107002
Serious
Car crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 7 November 1981
224 m awayRef 1981928107160
Slight
Van crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 30 March 1985
224 m awayRef 1985928502281
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR1100XX
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,137 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR1100XX)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR1100XX)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2001920101180 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 2001.