Serious A93 crash in Aberdeen City on 8 December 2020 at 16:55 involving a Volvo bus
A Volvo bus hit a pedestrian on the A93 in Aberdeen City at 16:55 on Tuesday 8 December 2020. A 39-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Dec 2020
- Tuesday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.14536, longitude -2.0959, in the AB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen. It is one of the crashes that make up the George St/Harbour, Aberdeen City, AB10 1LB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020991005977
- Council area
- Aberdeen City
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 93
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 956
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2009.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 1 November 2009
4 m awayRef 2009920904551
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 28 July 2010
6 m awayRef 2010921002875
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A93 in Aberdeen City, 5 November 2023
13 m awayRef 2023991371201
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 13 March 2009
14 m awayRef 2009920901145
Slight
Subaru crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 30 November 2008
14 m awayRef 2008920804929
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 27 June 2012
14 m awayRef 2012921202297
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 10,837 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020991005977 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeen City road accident statistics for 2020.