Serious A984 crash in Perth and Kinross on 3 March 2013 at 14:40 involving a Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle
A Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A984 in Perth and Kinross at 14:40 on Sunday 3 March 2013. The 56-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle and a 55-year-old female passenger on the Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Mar 2013
- Sunday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Harley-Davidson FLS and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.55296, longitude -3.43911, in the PH1 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013930000368
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 984
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2003.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A984 in Perth and Kinross, 12 February 2003
36 m awayRef 2003930001118
Slight
Volvo crash on the A984 in Perth and Kinross, 10 June 1997
43 m awayRef 199793972563W
Serious
Car crash on the A984 in Perth and Kinross, 2 November 2000
78 m awayRef 2000930003314
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A984 in Perth and Kinross, 28 October 2002
78 m awayRef 2002930005851
Slight
Car crash on the B947 in Perth and Kinross, 3 June 1986
98 m awayRef 19869386W0845
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A984 in Perth and Kinross, 3 April 1988
170 m awayRef 19889388W0500
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson FLS
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,585 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson FLS)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 55, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson FLS)
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 2013930000368 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 2013.