A93 crash in Aberdeen City on 29 March 2011 at 09:25 involving an Aprilia RS50 motorcycle
An Aprilia RS50 motorcycle and a BMW X3 were involved in a crash on the A93 in Aberdeen City at 09:25 on Tuesday 29 March 2011. The 16-year-old male rider of the Aprilia RS50 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Mar 2011
- Tuesday, 09:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Aprilia RS50 and BMW X3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.14537, longitude -2.09664, in the AB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen. It is one of the crashes that make up the George St/Harbour, Aberdeen City, AB10 1LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011921101347
- Council area
- Aberdeen City
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 93
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2009.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 10 September 2009
10 m awayRef 2009920903927
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A93 in Aberdeen City, 25 November 2006
14 m awayRef 2006920604400
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the B987 in Aberdeen City, 10 January 2000
20 m awayRef 2000920000113
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 25 July 2008
22 m awayRef 2008920802848
Serious
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 2 September 2006
22 m awayRef 2006920604744
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A93 in Aberdeen City, 19 November 2017
31 m awayRef 2017921700814
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia RS50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia RS50)
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 2011921101347 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeen City road accident statistics for 2011.