Serious A830 crash in Highland on 19 May 2022 at 11:10 involving a Ducati Hypermotard motorcycle
A Ducati Hypermotard motorcycle and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A830 in Highland at 11:10 on Thursday 19 May 2022. The 68-year-old male rider of the Ducati Hypermotard 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
- 19 May 2022
- Thursday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ducati Hypermotard and DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.87538, longitude -5.53905, in the PH37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022991179265
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- 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
- Moderately 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, 149 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2008.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A830 in Highland, 1 July 2008
149 m awayRef 200891NP06610
Serious
Honda VTR1000F crash on the A830 in Highland, 7 May 2010
199 m awayRef 201091NP04963
Slight
Car crash on the A830 in Highland, 20 September 1991
268 m awayRef 1991910080474
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A830 in Highland, 27 February 2015
361 m awayRef 201591NP02036
Slight
Honda VFR750F crash on the A830 in Highland, 26 July 1999
386 m awayRef 199991NP07240
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A830 in Highland, 28 September 2021
882 m awayRef 2021991092766
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ducati Hypermotard
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 937 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 68, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Ducati Hypermotard)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022991179265 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 2022.