Serious A93 crash in Perth and Kinross on 2 September 2012 at 16:15 involving a Ford Focus
A motorcycle and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A93 in Perth and Kinross at 16:15 on Sunday 2 September 2012. The 52-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Sep 2012
- Sunday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.67548, longitude -3.40301, in the PH10 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012930002240
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 93
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 481 metres away, was a fatal crash on 19 September 1998.
Fatal
Yamaha crash on the A93 in Perth and Kinross, 19 September 1998
481 m awayRef 199893984381W
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A93 in Perth and Kinross, 13 February 1991
755 m awayRef 199193911304W
Slight
Car crash on the A93 in Perth and Kinross, 22 November 1983
883 m awayRef 19839383W1835
Serious
Volvo 440 crash on the A93 in Perth and Kinross, 30 May 2006
883 m awayRef 2006930002132
Serious
Seat Arona crash on the A93 in Perth and Kinross, 22 June 2024
893 m awayRef 2024991458749
Serious
Ford Cortina crash on the A93 in Perth and Kinross, 27 January 1990
929 m awayRef 19909390W0218
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 52, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2012930002240 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 2012.