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Unclassified road crash in Aberdeenshire AB51 on 4 May 1996 at 01:15 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire at 01:15 on Saturday 4 May 1996. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 1996
Saturday, 01:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.27726, longitude -2.37977, in the AB51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Inverurie.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996929601977
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    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 1996929601977 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 1996.