Serious A93 crash in Aberdeenshire on 25 July 2014 at 21:00 involving a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle
A Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire at 21:00 on Friday 25 July 2014. The 34-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle 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
- 25 Jul 2014
- Friday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha YZF R1 and Toyota Aygo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.03771, longitude -3.24484, in the AB35 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014921400911
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 93
- 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, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1998.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 4 August 1998
67 m awayRef 1998929803130
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 13 July 1990
153 m awayRef 1990929004650
Serious
Toyota Starlet crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 30 July 2019
199 m awayRef 2019920866089
Slight
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 20 December 1985
209 m awayRef 1985928509071
Slight
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 17 November 1995
287 m awayRef 1995929506463
Slight
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 6 February 1988
289 m awayRef 1988928800799
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha YZF R1
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- 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
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 34, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YZF R1)
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 2014921400911 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.