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A9 crash in Perth and Kinross on 22 April 2002 at 14:45 involving a BMW R 100 GS motorcycle

A BMW R 100 GS motorcycle crashed on the A9 in Perth and Kinross at 14:45 on Monday 22 April 2002. The 41-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Apr 2002
Monday, 14:45
Vehicles
1
BMW R 100 GS
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.74492, longitude -3.79037, in the PH16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2002930003259
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 200 metres away, was a fatal crash on 10 September 1985.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R 100 GS

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    980 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW R 100 GS)

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 2002930003259 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 2002.