A920 crash in Aberdeenshire on 23 September 2012 at 14:14 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Triumph Daytona 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A920 in Aberdeenshire at 14:14 on Sunday 23 September 2012. The 26-year-old male rider of the Triumph Daytona 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Sep 2012
- Sunday, 14:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Triumph Daytona 600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.33767, longitude -2.19781, in the AB41 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012921203379
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 920
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 9000
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
- 32%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 68%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A920 in Aberdeenshire, 17 July 2013
7 m awayRef 2013921302664
Serious
Car crash on the A920 in Aberdeenshire, 26 June 2008
10 m awayRef 2008920802473
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A920 in Aberdeenshire, 2 March 2012
11 m awayRef 2012921200833
Slight
Dacia Duster crash on the A920 in Aberdeenshire, 23 July 2016
13 m awayRef 2016921600680
Serious
Saab 900 crash on the A920 in Aberdeenshire, 5 April 1994
32 m awayRef 1994929401890
Serious
Lorry crash on the A920 in Aberdeenshire, 3 March 1986
32 m awayRef 1986928601609
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 3,189 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Triumph Daytona 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Triumph Daytona 600)
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 2012921203379 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 2012.