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Serious A90 crash in Dundee City on 15 December 2015 at 16:50 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A90 in Dundee City at 16:50 on Tuesday 15 December 2015. The 57-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 2015
Tuesday, 16:50
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.48221, longitude -2.95171, in the DD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee. It is one of the crashes that make up the East End, Dundee City, DD4 8BR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015930000586
Council area
Dundee City
Police force
Tayside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
90
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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, street lights lit
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, 43 metres away, was a fatal crash on 5 September 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 2015930000586 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dundee City road accident statistics for 2015.