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Fatal A896 crash in Highland on 16 October 2012 at 13:15 involving a Yamaha FZ6 motorcycle

A Yamaha FZ6 motorcycle crashed on the A896 in Highland at 13:15 on Tuesday 16 October 2012. The 47-year-old male rider was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Oct 2012
Tuesday, 13:15
Vehicles
1
Yamaha FZ6
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.46681, longitude -5.5873, in the IV54 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201291NP11392
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
896
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha FZ6

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZ6)

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 201291NP11392 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.