Serious A830 crash in Highland on 25 August 2019 at 15:00 involving a Honda CBR 650 FA motorcycle
Four vehicles, including a Honda CBR 650 FA motorcycle and an Aprilia Tuono motorcycle, were involved in a crash on the A830 in Highland at 15:00 on Sunday 25 August 2019. The 60-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR 650 FA motorcycle and the 48-year-old male rider of the Aprilia Tuono motorcycle were seriously injured and the 49-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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
- 25 Aug 2019
- Sunday, 15:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Honda CBR 650 FA and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.8788, longitude -5.67481, in the PH38 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019910871302
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 830
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 69 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 2004.
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A830 in Highland, 8 June 2004
69 m awayRef 200491NP05173
Serious
Car crash on the A830 in Highland, 25 February 1988
147 m awayRef 1988910080056
Serious
Car crash on the A830 in Highland, 14 August 1984
277 m awayRef 1984910080220
Slight
Car crash on the A830 in Highland, 23 November 1983
320 m awayRef 1983910080389
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A830 in Highland, 2 April 2016
380 m awayRef 201691NP02990
Serious
Rover 25 crash on the A861 in Highland, 7 August 2000
509 m awayRef 200091NP08106
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR 650 FA
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 649 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Aprilia Tuono
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 60, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR 650 FA)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia Tuono)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Rider
SlightMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (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 2019910871302 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Highland road accident statistics for 2019.