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A96 crash in Aberdeenshire on 7 May 1998 at 16:20 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A96 in Aberdeenshire at 16:20 on Thursday 7 May 1998. The 41-year-old female driver was 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
7 May 1998
Thursday, 16:20
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.83983, longitude -2.36385, in the AB30 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998929801911
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
96
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, 949 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1998929801911 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 1998.