Serious A92 crash in Aberdeenshire on 26 November 2014 at 16:15 involving a Volvo V70
A Volvo V70 and a Yamaha motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire at 16:15 on Wednesday 26 November 2014. The 28-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Nov 2014
- Wednesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo V70 and Yamaha
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.94983, longitude -2.22589, in the AB39 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014921401515
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 92
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 957
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2016.
Slight
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Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A957 in Aberdeenshire, 13 December 2015
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Serious
Yamaha YZF R6 crash on the A957 in Aberdeenshire, 14 September 2014
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Serious
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Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 21 February 2009
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 891 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha)
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 2014921401515 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.