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Serious B9005 crash in Aberdeenshire on 18 October 1982 at 07:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle, a car and a van were involved in a crash on the B9005 in Aberdeenshire at 07:20 on Monday 18 October 1982. A 61-year-old male pedestrian hit by the motorcycle and the 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Oct 1982
Monday, 07:20
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.36584, longitude -2.08477, in the AB41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ellon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982928206524
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9005
Road type
Single 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1982928206524 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 1982.