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Serious A84 crash in Stirling on 21 August 2002 at 10:30 involving a Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A84 in Stirling at 10:30 on Wednesday 21 August 2002. The 45-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Aug 2002
Wednesday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Suzuki GSXR 600 and Scania
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.13498, longitude -3.97177, in the FK8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stirling North, Stirling, FK8 1FT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200296E201963
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
84
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 600

    Motorcycle over 125cc

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

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 600)

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 200296E201963 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 2002.