Serious B9077 crash in Aberdeenshire on 21 March 2025 at 17:55 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a Suzuki GSXR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire at 17:55 on Friday 21 March 2025. The 37-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 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
- 21 Mar 2025
- Friday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and Suzuki GSXR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.10351, longitude -2.18428, in the AB12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991571015
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9077
- 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
- Less 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, 35 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2006.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 31 March 2006
35 m awayRef 2006920601156
Serious
Car crash on the A943 in Aberdeenshire, 24 April 1989
36 m awayRef 1989928902701
Serious
Volvo 440 crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 29 October 1992
36 m awayRef 1992929206883
Slight
Car crash on the A943 in Aberdeenshire, 20 August 1980
36 m awayRef 1980928005052
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 5 May 2007
54 m awayRef 2007920701515
Fatal
Ford Focus crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 31 May 2007
54 m awayRef 2007920701828
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSXR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 750 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 37, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSXR)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2025991571015 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeenshire road accident statistics for 2025.