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Serious A97 crash in Aberdeenshire on 16 June 2001 at 17:40 involving a bicycle

A bicycle and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A97 in Aberdeenshire at 17:40 on Saturday 16 June 2001. The 17-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jun 2001
Saturday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.23809, longitude -2.72562, in the AB33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001920102065
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
97
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
980

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 28 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2001920102065 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.