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B979 crash in Aberdeen City on 12 May 1995 at 20:40 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the B979 in Aberdeen City at 20:40 on Friday 12 May 1995. The 21-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
12 May 1995
Friday, 20:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.10147, longitude -2.27563, in the AB14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Peterculter.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995929503387
Council area
Aberdeen City
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
979
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

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

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1995929503387 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 1995.