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A96 crash in Aberdeenshire on 30 June 1998 at 16:05 involving a Skoda Felicia

A Skoda Felicia and a Renault Extra van were involved in a crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire at 16:05 on Tuesday 30 June 1998. The 61-year-old male driver of the Skoda Felicia and the 50-year-old male driver of the Renault Extra van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jun 1998
Tuesday, 16:05
Vehicles
2
Skoda Felicia and Renault Extra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.44168, longitude -2.76797, in the AB54 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998929802689
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
A
Second road number
97

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 12 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Felicia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Extra

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Felicia)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Extra)

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 1998929802689 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.