Serious A9 crash in Perth and Kinross on 16 October 2004 at 13:45 involving a Honda motorcycle
A Honda motorcycle crashed on the A9 in Perth and Kinross at 13:45 on Saturday 16 October 2004. The 46-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Oct 2004
- Saturday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.42012, longitude -3.46574, in the PH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Perth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Perth City North, Perth and Kinross, PH1 3WU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2004930004716
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 1992.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 18 February 1992
28 m awayRef 199293920875W
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Perth and Kinross, 15 February 1985
28 m awayRef 19859385W0257
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 1 December 1999
28 m awayRef 1999930000836
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 20 December 2000
28 m awayRef 2000930000084
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Perth and Kinross, 8 July 2001
28 m awayRef 2001930002057
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross, 28 April 1987
28 m awayRef 19879387W0582
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 650 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)
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 2004930004716 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 2004.