A822 crash in Perth and Kinross on 5 May 2003 at 15:00 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle and a Kia Pride were involved in a crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross at 15:00 on Monday 5 May 2003. The 50-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 May 2003
- Monday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki and Kia Pride
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.31489, longitude -3.82484, in the PH5 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003930002295
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 822
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 October 2015.
Serious
Peugeot 208 crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 11 October 2015
6 m awayRef 2015930000512
Serious
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 16 October 2005
10 m awayRef 2005930003909
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 25 August 2013
17 m awayRef 2013930001054
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 18 May 1980
20 m awayRef 19809380W0664
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 15 October 2022
48 m awayRef 2022991230779
Slight
Citroen XM crash on the A822 in Perth and Kinross, 9 July 1997
80 m awayRef 199793973062W
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Kia Pride
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,324 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 2003930002295 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 2003.