Serious B706 crash in North Ayrshire on 16 June 2014 at 20:35 involving a Harley-Davidson FXD motorcycle
A Harley-Davidson FXD motorcycle crashed on the B706 in North Ayrshire at 20:35 on Monday 16 June 2014. The 49-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
- 16 Jun 2014
- Monday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Harley-Davidson FXD
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.73355, longitude -4.61385, in the KA15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Ayrshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497UA02206
- Council area
- North Ayrshire
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 706
- 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, 86 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 2008.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B706 in North Ayrshire, 16 October 2008
86 m awayRef 200897UA04110
Slight
Van crash on the B706 in North Ayrshire, 13 August 1989
99 m awayRef 198997UA50908
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B706 in North Ayrshire, 5 September 1995
99 m awayRef 199597UA01109
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B706 in North Ayrshire, 19 November 1998
177 m awayRef 199897UA50511
Serious
Bedford crash on the B706 in North Ayrshire, 28 January 1992
205 m awayRef 199297UA52101
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the B706 in North Ayrshire, 1 November 1991
205 m awayRef 199197UA50111
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Harley-Davidson FXD
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Harley-Davidson FXD)
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 201497UA02206 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Ayrshire road accident statistics for 2014.