A90 crash in Aberdeen City on 13 August 2015 at 17:30 involving a Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle
A Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A90 in Aberdeen City at 17:30 on Thursday 13 August 2015. The 32-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZS 600 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2015
- Thursday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha FZS 600 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.12251, longitude -2.11713, in the AB12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kincorth/Nigg/Cove, Aberdeen City, AB12 5QJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015921501016
- Council area
- Aberdeen City
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 90
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2011.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A90 in Aberdeen City, 24 September 2011
6 m awayRef 2011921103386
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Aberdeen City, 26 June 1982
17 m awayRef 1982928203776
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A947 in Aberdeen City, 25 January 1999
17 m awayRef 1999929900350
Slight
Seddon/Atkinson crash on the A90 in Aberdeen City, 4 February 1997
17 m awayRef 1997929700719
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the A90 in Aberdeen City, 26 August 2001
17 m awayRef 2001920102997
Slight
Car crash on the A943 in Aberdeen City, 31 January 1984
17 m awayRef 1984928400708
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha FZS 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha FZS 600)
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 2015921501016 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeen City road accident statistics for 2015.