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Serious A96 crash in Aberdeenshire on 31 January 1991 at 16:30 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette hit a pedestrian on the A96 in Aberdeenshire at 16:30 on Thursday 31 January 1991. A 48-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Jan 1991
Thursday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Chevette
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.23065, longitude -2.34782, in the AB51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kintore.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991929100682
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
96
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
B
Second road number
977

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 25 March 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

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

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 1991929100682 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 1991.