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A981 crash in Aberdeenshire on 12 November 1982 at 08:35 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach, another vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on the A981 in Aberdeenshire at 08:35 on Friday 12 November 1982. The 35-year-old male driver of the car 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
12 Nov 1982
Friday, 08:35
Vehicles
3
Bus or coach and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.334, longitude -2.3272, in the AB51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldmeldrum.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982928207147
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
981
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 13 November 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

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 1982928207147 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.