B985 crash in Aberdeen City on 11 February 2008 at 21:15 involving a Ford Cougar
A Ford Cougar crashed on the B985 in Aberdeen City at 21:15 on Monday 11 February 2008. The 49-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Feb 2008
- Monday, 21:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Cougar
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.14832, longitude -2.11483, in the AB25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midstocket/Rosemount, Aberdeen City, AB15 5FG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008920800601
- Council area
- Aberdeen City
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 16%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 84%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2009.
Slight
MG ZR crash on the B985 in Aberdeen City, 12 March 2009
10 m awayRef 2009920901129
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 10 May 2008
14 m awayRef 2008920801859
Slight
Fiat Qubo crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 16 January 2012
14 m awayRef 2012921201062
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B986 in Aberdeen City, 10 October 2000
20 m awayRef 2000920003667
Slight
Aprilia crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 25 April 2006
45 m awayRef 2006920601431
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 21 May 2002
54 m awayRef 2002920201656
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Cougar
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,544 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cougar)
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 2008920800601 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 2008.