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Serious B974 crash in Aberdeenshire on 14 October 1987 at 16:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B974 in Aberdeenshire at 16:20 on Wednesday 14 October 1987. The 73-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 39-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured and the 49-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly 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
14 Oct 1987
Wednesday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.93248, longitude -2.57179, in the AB31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987928706334
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
974
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    73 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1987928706334 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 1987.