Fatal B994 crash in Aberdeenshire on 21 December 1993 at 07:30 involving a Rover 800 Series
A Rover 800 Series and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire at 07:30 on Tuesday 21 December 1993. The 51-year-old male cyclist was killed.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 21 Dec 1993
- Tuesday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 800 Series and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.23409, longitude -2.3992, in the AB51 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993929307709
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 994
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 February 2009.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 25 February 2009
50 m awayRef 2009920900887
Slight
Mercedes Vito crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 23 August 2016
113 m awayRef 2016921600760
Serious
Car crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 20 July 1986
141 m awayRef 1986928604645
Serious
Car crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 21 October 1997
141 m awayRef 1997929704691
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 4 July 1985
141 m awayRef 1985928504493
Serious
Volvo 850 crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 13 April 2013
173 m awayRef 2013921301498
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
FatalMale, aged 51, on vehicle 2 (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 1993929307709 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 1993.