B961 crash in Angus on 1 July 2014 at 22:00 involving a White Knuckle 125 motorcycle
Two vehicles and a White Knuckle 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B961 in Angus at 22:00 on Tuesday 1 July 2014. The 19-year-old male rider of the White Knuckle 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 2014
- Tuesday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- White Knuckle 125 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.548, longitude -2.76864, in the DD5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014930000305
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 961
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 39%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 61%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 88 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2018.
Slight
BMW 2 Series crash on the B961 in Angus, 20 October 2018
88 m awayRef 2018930000367
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B961 in Angus, 21 May 2005
188 m awayRef 2005930002019
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the B91 in Angus, 28 September 1997
209 m awayRef 199793974361E
Slight
Car crash on the B961 in Angus, 23 June 1984
345 m awayRef 19849384E0716
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B961 in Angus, 20 July 1999
345 m awayRef 199993993511E
Serious
Volkswagen Bora crash on the B961 in Angus, 29 May 2007
354 m awayRef 2007930002370
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: White Knuckle 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 3: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (White Knuckle 125)
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 2014930000305 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Angus road accident statistics for 2014.