B959 crash in Dundee City on 16 January 2020 at 08:43 involving a Honda WW125 motorcycle
A Honda WW125 motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the B959 in Dundee City at 08:43 on Thursday 16 January 2020. A 16-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jan 2020
- Thursday, 08:43
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda WW125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.47354, longitude -2.9264, in the DD4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dundee. It is one of the crashes that make up the East End, Dundee City, DD4 7RW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Dundee City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990920303
- Council area
- Dundee City
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 959
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 August 2020.
Serious
Car crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 12 August 2020
5 m awayRef 2020991027064
Serious
Car crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 19 December 2000
22 m awayRef 2000930000022
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 17 July 2019
23 m awayRef 2019930877138
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 3 June 2021
36 m awayRef 2021991053030
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 6 November 2011
41 m awayRef 2011930003228
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the B959 in Dundee City, 27 January 2006
44 m awayRef 2006930000695
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda WW125)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2020990920303 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Dundee City road accident statistics for 2020.