Serious B9031 crash in Aberdeenshire on 2 August 2020 at 22:30 involving a Citroen DS3
A Citroen DS3 hit a pedestrian on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire at 22:30 on Sunday 2 August 2020. A 25-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Aug 2020
- Sunday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Citroen DS3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.69234, longitude -2.0346, in the AB43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fraserburgh.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990969115
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9031
- 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, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 October 2016.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 29 October 2016
15 m awayRef 2016921600975
Slight
Car crash on the B9301 in Aberdeenshire, 24 December 1980
60 m awayRef 1980928008429
Fatal
Car crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 26 December 1983
60 m awayRef 1983928308762
Serious
Van crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 28 September 1980
65 m awayRef 1980928006046
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 20 August 1979
65 m awayRef 1979927905318
Fatal
Car crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 16 March 1979
79 m awayRef 1979927901848
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Citroen DS3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen DS3)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
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 2020990969115 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 2020.