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Fatal B983 crash in Aberdeen City on 1 April 1987 at 14:50 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the B983 in Aberdeen City at 14:50 on Wednesday 1 April 1987. The 65-year-old male driver of the van was killed and the 26-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Apr 1987
Wednesday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.15014, longitude -2.18675, in the AB15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987928701901
Council area
Aberdeen City
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
983
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 65, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1987928701901 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 1987.