Unclassified road crash in Aberdeen City AB24 on 4 August 2008 at 07:00 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City at 07:00 on Monday 4 August 2008. The 48-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Aug 2008
- Monday, 07:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Vauxhall Cavalier
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.16675, longitude -2.09405, in the AB24 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tillydrone/Seaton/Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, AB24 3UU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008920802985
- Council area
- Aberdeen City
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 November 2011.
Serious
Mini First crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 24 November 2011
At the same spotRef 2011921104198
Serious
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 6 June 2005
At the same spotRef 2005920501906
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 4 June 2024
8 m awayRef 2024991453034
Slight
Morris Marina crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 11 August 1991
32 m awayRef 1991929104991
Slight
Leyland crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 12 February 1996
32 m awayRef 1996929600631
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 18 December 1979
32 m awayRef 1979927908294
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 2008920802985 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.