Serious A827 crash in Perth and Kinross on 26 August 2001 at 16:20 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A827 in Perth and Kinross at 16:20 on Sunday 26 August 2001. The 34-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Aug 2001
- Sunday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.61704, longitude -3.87068, in the PH15 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001930002310
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 827
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2001.
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross, 30 April 2001
141 m awayRef 2001930001540
Serious
Van crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross, 26 June 1983
141 m awayRef 19839383W0903
Slight
Kawasaki VN1500 crash on the A826 in Perth and Kinross, 31 May 2003
184 m awayRef 2003930002485
Serious
Car crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross, 21 June 1980
224 m awayRef 19809380W0842
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A827 in Perth and Kinross, 28 June 1981
224 m awayRef 19819381W0945
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A826 in Perth and Kinross, 12 July 1991
224 m awayRef 199193913689W
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2001930002310 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Perth and Kinross road accident statistics for 2001.