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Serious B9005 crash in Aberdeenshire on 20 August 1996 at 16:40 involving a Rover Mini

A Rover Mini and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B9005 in Aberdeenshire at 16:40 on Tuesday 20 August 1996. The 68-year-old male driver of the Rover Mini was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Aug 1996
Tuesday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Rover Mini and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.36943, longitude -2.09642, in the AB41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ellon.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996929603497
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9005
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Mini)

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 1996929603497 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.