Serious B9002 crash in Aberdeenshire on 7 January 2017 at 18:40 involving a Mercedes C Class
A motorcycle and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the B9002 in Aberdeenshire at 18:40 on Saturday 7 January 2017. The 66-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 7 Jan 2017
- Saturday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Mercedes C Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.31958, longitude -2.52206, in the AB52 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017921700012
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9002
- 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, 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, 53 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 August 1992.
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B9002 in Aberdeenshire, 22 August 1992
53 m awayRef 1992929205233
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the B9002 in Aberdeenshire, 8 November 2001
53 m awayRef 2001920103808
Slight
MG Metro crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire, 26 September 1995
53 m awayRef 1995929504506
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the B9002 in Aberdeenshire, 16 April 2009
54 m awayRef 2009920901606
Fatal
Ford Transit crash on the B9002 in Aberdeenshire, 12 May 2005
65 m awayRef 2005920501640
Serious
Audi Q5 crash on the B9002 in Aberdeenshire, 24 July 2016
94 m awayRef 2016921600683
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 66, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2017921700012 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeenshire road accident statistics for 2017.