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A947 crash in Aberdeenshire on 14 January 1991 at 17:00 involving an Opel Manta

An Opel Manta, a Renault 11 and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A947 in Aberdeenshire at 17:00 on Monday 14 January 1991. The 20-year-old male driver of the Opel Manta, the 26-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Austin Metro were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 1991
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
3
Opel Manta and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.56004, longitude -2.43619, in the AB53 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991929100422
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
947
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
9105

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 2017.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Opel Manta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 11

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Opel Manta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Austin Metro)

    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 1991929100422 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 1991.