A94 crash in Perth and Kinross on 25 August 2018 at 15:55 involving a Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A94 in Perth and Kinross at 15:55 on Saturday 25 August 2018. A 23-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle and the 75-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Aug 2018
- Saturday, 15:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSXR 750 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.42455, longitude -3.39506, in the PH2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Scone.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018930000286
- Council area
- Perth and Kinross
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 94
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 49%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 51%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 October 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the A94 in Perth and Kinross, 6 October 1988
50 m awayRef 19889388W1584
Slight
Car crash on the A94 in Perth and Kinross, 4 August 1986
52 m awayRef 19869386W1223
Slight
Car crash on the A94 in Perth and Kinross, 6 June 1981
52 m awayRef 19819381W0862
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A94 in Perth and Kinross, 7 February 1993
52 m awayRef 199393930789W
Serious
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Perth and Kinross, 15 February 1984
121 m awayRef 19849384W0276
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Perth and Kinross, 8 February 1981
121 m awayRef 19819381W0199
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 750
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 750)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 75, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018930000286 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Perth and Kinross road accident statistics for 2018.