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Serious unclassified road crash in Aberdeenshire AB53 on 13 September 1998 at 18:00 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and another vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire at 18:00 on Sunday 13 September 1998. The 39-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series, the 54-year-old male driver of the other vehicle and a 56-year-old female passenger in the other vehicle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Sep 1998
Sunday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and other vehicle
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.47441, longitude -2.51354, in the AB53 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998929803791
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 132 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 1998929803791 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.