Serious A84 crash in Stirling on 18 May 2008 at 16:55 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
Four vehicles, including a Suzuki motorcycle and a Kia Sedona, were involved in a crash on the A84 in Stirling at 16:55 on Sunday 18 May 2008. The 35-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 May 2008
- Sunday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 4
- Suzuki and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.25802, longitude -4.28405, in the FK17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Stirling
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008960801276
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 84
- Road type
- Dual 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, 85 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 1995.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A84 in Stirling, 4 November 1995
85 m awayRef 199596IK03329
Slight
Car crash on the A84 in Stirling, 11 June 2005
110 m awayRef 2005960501341
Serious
BMW Z4 crash on the A84 in Stirling, 11 August 2021
196 m awayRef 2021991177950
Serious
Minibus crash on the A84 in Stirling, 5 August 2009
206 m awayRef 2009960901845
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A84 in Stirling, 4 August 2006
241 m awayRef 2006960602079
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A84 in Stirling, 20 March 1982
280 m awayRef 198296IK03008
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Kia Sedona
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), 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 2008960801276 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 2008.