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Serious A873 crash in Stirling on 31 May 2013 at 11:45 involving a BMW F 800 motorcycle

A BMW F 800 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A873 in Stirling at 11:45 on Friday 31 May 2013. The 43-year-old male rider of the BMW F 800 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 70-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly 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
31 May 2013
Friday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
BMW F 800 and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.17523, longitude -4.16022, in the FK8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Stirling

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2013961300952
Council area
Stirling
Police force
Central
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
873
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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW F 800

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    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
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South 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
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW F 800)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 2013961300952 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 2013.