Serious A907 crash in Stirling on 7 April 2015 at 18:15 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A907 in Stirling at 18:15 on Tuesday 7 April 2015. The 61-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle and a 58-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki motorcycle were seriously injured and the 45-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly 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
- 7 Apr 2015
- Tuesday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and Kawasaki
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.13424, longitude -3.89444, in the FK9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Stirling
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015961500605
- Council area
- Stirling
- Police force
- Central
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 907
- 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, 58 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 1996.
Slight
Ford crash on the A907 in Stirling, 11 June 1996
58 m awayRef 199696OS15791
Slight
Car crash on the A907 in Stirling, 20 December 2000
60 m awayRef 200096E011377
Slight
Renault 20 crash on the A907 in Stirling, 30 September 1992
125 m awayRef 199296BS15722
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A907 in Stirling, 22 May 1996
126 m awayRef 199696OS15119
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A907 in Stirling, 16 October 1990
134 m awayRef 199096OS15909
Slight
Leyland Roadrunner crash on the A907 in Stirling, 24 October 1991
138 m awayRef 199196OS15925
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 61, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)
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 2015961500605 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stirling road accident statistics for 2015.