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Serious A9 crash in Perth and Kinross on 7 October 2012 at 16:00 involving a Triumph Street Triple motorcycle

A Triumph Street Triple motorcycle and a Seat Altea were involved in a crash on the A9 in Perth and Kinross at 16:00 on Sunday 7 October 2012. The 48-year-old male rider of the Triumph Street Triple motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Oct 2012
Sunday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Triumph Street Triple and Seat Altea
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.41949, longitude -3.46539, in the PH1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Perth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Perth City North, Perth and Kinross, PH1 3WU area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012930002356
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
912

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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 September 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Street Triple

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Seat Altea

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Street Triple)

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 2012930002356 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.