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Serious A956 crash in Aberdeen City on 27 September 1990 at 21:45 involving a car

Two cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City at 21:45 on Thursday 27 September 1990. The 42-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 was seriously injured and a 29-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Sep 1990
Thursday, 21:45
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.10982, longitude -2.09244, in the AB99 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990929006520
Council area
Aberdeen City
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
956
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

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 1990929006520 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 1990.