Serious B996 crash in Perth and Kinross on 12 July 2010 at 12:15 involving a Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle
A Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle and a Mini One were involved in a crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross at 12:15 on Monday 12 July 2010. The 41-year-old male rider of the Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle 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 Jul 2010
- Monday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki TL 1000 and Mini One
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.3028, longitude -3.36896, in the PH2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Perth and Kinross
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010930002113
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 996
- 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, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 13 August 1980.
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A90 in Perth and Kinross, 13 August 1980
10 m awayRef 19809380W1211
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B966 in Perth and Kinross, 6 October 1983
10 m awayRef 19839383W1582
Slight
Van crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 9 November 1987
10 m awayRef 19879387W1704
Slight
Vauxhall Astravan crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 4 September 2007
91 m awayRef 2007930003658
Fatal
Nissan Micra crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 12 July 2025
97 m awayRef 2025991615135
Fatal
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B996 in Perth and Kinross, 21 September 2018
174 m awayRef 2018930000319
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki TL 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Mini One
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki TL 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 2010930002113 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 2010.