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Unclassified road crash in Aberdeenshire AB45 on 18 October 1991 at 15:30 involving a Ford Escort

A bicycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire at 15:30 on Friday 18 October 1991. The 8-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Oct 1991
Friday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.68195, longitude -2.69255, in the AB45 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991929106667
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 1991929106667 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.