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Serious A98 crash in Aberdeenshire on 17 April 1991 at 20:00 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 and two Ford Escorts were involved in a crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire at 20:00 on Wednesday 17 April 1991. A 17-year-old male passenger in the Renault 5 was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Apr 1991
Wednesday, 20:00
Vehicles
3
Renault 5 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.65356, longitude -2.62498, in the AB45 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991929102500
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
98
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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1987.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

    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 1991929102500 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.