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A944 crash in Aberdeenshire on 31 May 2014 at 18:00 involving a Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle

A Triumph Speed Triple 1050 motorcycle crashed on the A944 in Aberdeenshire at 18:00 on Saturday 31 May 2014. The 41-year-old male rider 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
Slight
Date
31 May 2014
Saturday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Triumph Speed Triple 1050
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.19711, longitude -3.08196, in the AB36 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014921400657
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
944
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
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
27%
Estimated chance it was slight
73%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 79 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Speed Triple 1050

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,050 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Speed Triple 1050)

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 2014921400657 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeenshire road accident statistics for 2014.