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Serious A835 crash in Highland on 29 May 2014 at 11:45 involving a Kawasaki ZX1400 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX1400 motorcycle crashed on the A835 in Highland at 11:45 on Thursday 29 May 2014. The 70-year-old male rider was 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
29 May 2014
Thursday, 11:45
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX1400
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.91545, longitude -5.18458, in the IV26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201491NE06336
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
835
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, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1400

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,352 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 70, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1400)

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 201491NE06336 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Highland road accident statistics for 2014.