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Serious unclassified road crash in Fife KY7 on 23 July 2007 at 11:00 involving an Aprilia RS 125R Extrema motorcycle

An Aprilia RS 125R Extrema motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Fife at 11:00 on Monday 23 July 2007. The 25-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jul 2007
Monday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Aprilia RS 125R Extrema
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.20689, longitude -3.17063, in the KY7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Glenrothes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch, Fife, KY7 5TL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Fife

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2007940701675
Council area
Fife
Police force
Fife
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia RS 125R Extrema

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia RS 125R Extrema)

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 2007940701675 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Fife road accident statistics for 2007.