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A981 crash in Aberdeenshire on 8 December 1990 at 14:00 involving a Daihatsu Fourtrak

A Daihatsu Fourtrak crashed on the A981 in Aberdeenshire at 14:00 on Saturday 8 December 1990. A 13-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 1990
Saturday, 14:00
Vehicles
1
Daihatsu Fourtrak
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.55532, longitude -2.14203, in the AB42 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990929008517
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
981
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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 52 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Fourtrak

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,765 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Fourtrak)

    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 1990929008517 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 1990.