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Serious unclassified road crash in Aberdeen City AB12 on 25 November 1981 at 16:30 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City at 16:30 on Wednesday 25 November 1981. A 79-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Nov 1981
Wednesday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.12149, longitude -2.10403, in the AB12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981928107658
Council area
Aberdeen City
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1981928107658 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeen City road accident statistics for 1981.