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Serious B974 crash in Aberdeenshire on 11 June 1998 at 00:20 involving an Austin Mini

An Austin Mini hit a pedestrian on the B974 in Aberdeenshire at 00:20 on Thursday 11 June 1998. A 20-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jun 1998
Thursday, 00:20
Vehicles
1
Austin Mini
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.04867, longitude -2.50105, in the AB31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banchory.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998929802421
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
974
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)

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 1998929802421 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 1998.