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Serious B9005 crash in Aberdeenshire on 23 January 1992 at 07:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a van were involved in a crash on the B9005 in Aberdeenshire at 07:20 on Thursday 23 January 1992. The 27-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured and the 17-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Jan 1992
Thursday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and van
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.41243, longitude -2.19307, in the AB41 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992929200546
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9005
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 211 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 1992929200546 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 1992.