A93 crash in Aberdeenshire on 26 August 2014 at 09:43 involving a Vauxhall Vectra taxi
A Vauxhall Vectra taxi hit a pedestrian on the A93 in Aberdeenshire at 09:43 on Tuesday 26 August 2014. A 19-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2014
- Tuesday, 09:43
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.05153, longitude -2.50438, in the AB31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banchory.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014921401124
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 93
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 October 2018.
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 9 October 2018
2 m awayRef 2018921800541
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 7 May 2024
6 m awayRef 2024991440306
Slight
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 29 October 1983
13 m awayRef 1983928307123
Slight
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 3 October 1986
13 m awayRef 1986928606438
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 17 May 1997
13 m awayRef 1997929702028
Serious
Peugeot 504 crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 20 January 1991
13 m awayRef 1991929100406
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 19, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2014921401124 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 2014.