Fatal B9077 crash in Aberdeenshire on 31 May 2007 at 13:00 involving a Ford Focus
A motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire at 13:00 on Thursday 31 May 2007. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 31 May 2007
- Thursday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.10332, longitude -2.18501, in the AB12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007920701828
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9077
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2007.
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 5 May 2007
At the same spotRef 2007920701515
Serious
Car crash on the A943 in Aberdeenshire, 24 April 1989
22 m awayRef 1989928902701
Serious
Volvo 440 crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 29 October 1992
22 m awayRef 1992929206883
Slight
Car crash on the A943 in Aberdeenshire, 20 August 1980
22 m awayRef 1980928005052
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 31 March 2006
32 m awayRef 2006920601156
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 21 March 2025
54 m awayRef 2025991571015
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), 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 2007920701828 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeenshire road accident statistics for 2007.