B993 crash in Aberdeenshire on 15 October 2000 at 21:15 involving a Vauxhall Nova
A Vauxhall Nova crashed on the B993 in Aberdeenshire at 21:15 on Sunday 15 October 2000. The 17-year-old female driver and a 16-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Oct 2000
- Sunday, 21:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Nova
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.25965, longitude -2.40378, in the AB51 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000920003699
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 993
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 184 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 March 2008.
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 30 March 2008
184 m awayRef 2008920801584
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 11 August 1996
213 m awayRef 1996929603293
Serious
Ford Kuga crash on the B993 in Aberdeenshire, 22 June 2018
311 m awayRef 2018921800361
Serious
Car crash on the B993 in Aberdeenshire, 4 October 1980
345 m awayRef 1980928006181
Slight
Car crash on the B993 in Aberdeenshire, 20 December 1989
345 m awayRef 1989928908723
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B993 in Aberdeenshire, 6 May 1997
345 m awayRef 1997929701831
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)
- 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 2000920003699 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 2000.