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A938 crash in Highland on 9 August 2012 at 21:00 involving a Suzuki EN 125 motorcycle

A Suzuki EN 125 motorcycle crashed on the A938 in Highland at 21:00 on Thursday 9 August 2012. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Aug 2012
Thursday, 21:00
Vehicles
1
Suzuki EN 125
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.29882, longitude -3.77371, in the PH23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201291NM08014
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
938
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
41%
Estimated chance it was slight
59%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 216 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki EN 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki EN 125)

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 201291NM08014 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Highland road accident statistics for 2012.