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A97 crash in Aberdeenshire on 3 May 2009 at 13:05 involving a Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle

A Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle crashed on the A97 in Aberdeenshire at 13:05 on Sunday 3 May 2009. The 44-year-old male rider and a 42-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 May 2009
Sunday, 13:05
Vehicles
1
Yamaha FZS 1000
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.23065, longitude -2.90305, in the AB33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009920901817
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
97
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
58%
Estimated chance it was slight
42%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha FZS 1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Gas
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZS 1000)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZS 1000)

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 2009920901817 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 2009.