Fatal A93 crash in Aberdeenshire on 13 May 2001 at 04:00 involving a car
A car crashed on the A93 in Aberdeenshire at 04:00 on Sunday 13 May 2001. The 17-year-old male driver was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 13 May 2001
- Sunday, 04:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.07525, longitude -2.90059, in the AB34 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001920101704
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 93
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 96 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 August 2024.
Serious
Audi A5 crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 7 August 2024
96 m awayRef 2024991477068
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 29 July 2013
116 m awayRef 2013921302817
Serious
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 25 October 1980
141 m awayRef 1980928006828
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 18 September 1981
316 m awayRef 1981928105910
Serious
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 11 September 1982
412 m awayRef 1982928205705
Slight
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 31 August 1982
412 m awayRef 1982928205322
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 2001920101704 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 2001.