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Fatal A93 crash in Aberdeenshire on 19 May 2001 at 16:30 involving a Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle and a Mazda 626 were involved in a crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire at 16:30 on Saturday 19 May 2001. The 31-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX750 motorcycle was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 May 2001
Saturday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZX750 and Mazda 626
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.07598, longitude -2.79173, in the AB34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001920101743
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
93
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
9094

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 23 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX750

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,789 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 125cc), 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 2001920101743 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.