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B985 crash in Aberdeen City on 2 February 1998 at 13:50 involving a Ford Granada taxi

A Ford Granada taxi hit a pedestrian on the B985 in Aberdeen City at 13:50 on Monday 2 February 1998. A 70-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Feb 1998
Monday, 13:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Granada
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.14933, longitude -2.11402, in the AB25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998929800442
Council area
Aberdeen City
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
985
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Taxi

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    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 1998929800442 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeen City road accident statistics for 1998.