Serious B846 crash in Perth and Kinross on 12 October 2008 at 14:50 involving a Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle
A Suzuki SV 650 motorcycle crashed on the B846 in Perth and Kinross at 14:50 on Sunday 12 October 2008. The 39-year-old female rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Oct 2008
- Sunday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki SV 650
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.62514, longitude -4.00834, in the PH15 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008930004182
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 846
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 May 2011.
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross, 15 May 2011
14 m awayRef 2011930001704
Serious
Car crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross, 26 July 1988
81 m awayRef 19889388W1097
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross, 15 September 2012
396 m awayRef 2012930002293
Serious
Car crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross, 8 October 1989
400 m awayRef 19899389W1852
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Perth and Kinross, 1 November 1984
522 m awayRef 19849384W1606
Fatal
Toyota Hilux crash on the B846 in Perth and Kinross, 1 January 2004
594 m awayRef 2004930000074
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SV 650
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 645 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 39, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki SV 650)
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 2008930004182 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 2008.