A924 crash in Perth and Kinross on 12 September 2012 at 15:54 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A924 in Perth and Kinross at 15:54 on Wednesday 12 September 2012. The 54-year-old male rider and a 9-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Sep 2012
- Wednesday, 15:54
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.70604, longitude -3.73118, in the PH16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pitlochry.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012930002255
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 924
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 43%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 57%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 81 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 January 1986.
Serious
Car crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross, 2 January 1986
81 m awayRef 19869386W0005
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Perth and Kinross, 11 August 1999
120 m awayRef 199993993663W
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Perth and Kinross, 8 May 1999
136 m awayRef 199993992106W
Slight
Car crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross, 2 May 1981
150 m awayRef 19819381W0618
Slight
Car crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross, 28 September 1986
150 m awayRef 19869386W1541
Slight
Mobility scooter crash on the A924 in Perth and Kinross, 6 June 2016
152 m awayRef 2016930000429
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,100 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 9, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2012930002255 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.