Fatal B9033 crash in Aberdeenshire on 19 September 2008 at 15:50 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the B9033 in Aberdeenshire at 15:50 on Friday 19 September 2008. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 19 Sep 2008
- Friday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.62436, longitude -1.93818, in the AB43 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008920803673
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9033
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 158 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 2011.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B9033 in Aberdeenshire, 29 January 2011
158 m awayRef 2011921100402
Slight
Car crash on the B9033 in Aberdeenshire, 14 June 1986
230 m awayRef 1986928604041
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B9033 in Aberdeenshire, 2 April 2005
551 m awayRef 2005920503158
Serious
New Holland crash on the B9033 in Aberdeenshire, 7 May 2010
561 m awayRef 2010921001879
Serious
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 31 August 1980
636 m awayRef 1980928005829
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 30 September 1988
667 m awayRef 1988928805965
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 2008920803673 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 2008.