Serious A82 crash in Stirling on 8 April 2001 at 13:15 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A82 in Stirling at 13:15 on Sunday 8 April 2001. The 45-year-old male cyclist and the 60-year-old male rider of the 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
- 8 Apr 2001
- Sunday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and bicycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.39119, longitude -4.21603, in the FK19 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200196E819048
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 82
- 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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 45, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 60, 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 200196E819048 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 2001.