A93 crash in Aberdeenshire on 26 May 1991 at 16:30 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a car and a Rover SD1 were involved in a crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire at 16:30 on Sunday 26 May 1991. The 32-year-old male driver of the car and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Rover SD1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 May 1991
- Sunday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.07702, longitude -2.89403, in the AB34 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1991929103267
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 93
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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 12 February 2007.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 12 February 2007
At the same spotRef 2007920700605
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 15 May 1994
At the same spotRef 1994929402419
Slight
Mazda 3 crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 10 May 2025
70 m awayRef 2025991594167
Slight
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 23 December 1979
100 m awayRef 1979927908605
Serious
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 11 September 1982
100 m awayRef 1982928205705
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 14 July 1993
100 m awayRef 1993929303862
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 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
Vehicle 3: Rover SD1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover SD1)
- 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 1991929103267 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.