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A96 crash in Aberdeen City on 18 March 1993 at 20:25 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Talbot Solara were involved in a crash on the A96 in Aberdeen City at 20:25 on Thursday 18 March 1993. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Mar 1993
Thursday, 20:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Talbot Solara
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.12599, longitude -2.09908, in the AB12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993929301714
Council area
Aberdeen City
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
96
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 26 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Talbot Solara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1993929301714 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 1993.