Serious B954 crash in Angus on 9 January 2019 at 16:55 involving a BMW F 800 motorcycle
A BMW F 800 motorcycle and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the B954 in Angus at 16:55 on Wednesday 9 January 2019. The 56-year-old male rider of the BMW F 800 motorcycle was seriously 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
- 9 Jan 2019
- Wednesday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW F 800 and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.52116, longitude -3.08181, in the DD3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Angus
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019930000019
- Council area
- Angus
- Police force
- Tayside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 954
- 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, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2006.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B954 in Angus, 18 February 2006
19 m awayRef 2006930000964
Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the B954 in Angus, 11 November 2004
26 m awayRef 2004930004855
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B954 in Angus, 30 January 2007
32 m awayRef 2007930001245
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B954 in Angus, 1 February 2007
51 m awayRef 2007930001260
Serious
Car crash on the B954 in Angus, 10 May 1986
102 m awayRef 19869386C0862
Fatal
Ford Focus crash on the B954 in Angus, 20 February 2014
105 m awayRef 2014930000108
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW F 800
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW F 800)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2019930000019 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Angus road accident statistics for 2019.