Fatal unclassified road crash in Aberdeenshire AB51 on 2 December 2014 at 08:20 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire at 08:20 on Tuesday 2 December 2014. An 81-year-old female pedestrian was killed.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 2 Dec 2014
- Tuesday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.33455, longitude -2.32703, in the AB51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldmeldrum.
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014921401547
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- 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
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 920
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 48 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 July 1996.
Serious
Citroen AX crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 1 July 1996
48 m awayRef 1996929602670
Slight
Bus crash on the A981 in Aberdeenshire, 12 November 1982
54 m awayRef 1982928207147
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 13 November 1999
54 m awayRef 1999929904267
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 27 May 2006
70 m awayRef 2006920601818
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 19 June 2000
104 m awayRef 2000920002139
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 7 June 2003
104 m awayRef 2003920301697
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalFemale, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- 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 2014921401547 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.