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Serious A943 crash in Aberdeenshire on 23 September 1989 at 06:55 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A943 in Aberdeenshire at 06:55 on Saturday 23 September 1989. The 32-year-old male driver of the van, the 32-year-old male driver of the car and a 25-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Sep 1989
Saturday, 06:55
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.09348, longitude -2.23102, in the AB12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989928906280
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
943
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1989928906280 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 1989.