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B974 crash in Aberdeenshire on 20 December 2014 at 06:49 involving a Land Rover Freelander

A Land Rover Freelander crashed on the B974 in Aberdeenshire at 06:49 on Saturday 20 December 2014. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2014
Saturday, 06:49
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Freelander
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.95095, longitude -2.58106, in the AB31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014921401636
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
974
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
64%
Estimated chance it was slight
36%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 May 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,951 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2014921401636 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.