B9170 crash in Aberdeenshire on 21 July 2002 at 18:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Two Vauxhall Corsas were involved in a crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire at 18:30 on Sunday 21 July 2002. The 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 52-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were 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
- 21 Jul 2002
- Sunday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.33137, longitude -2.33049, in the AB51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oldmeldrum.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002920202402
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9170
- 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, 81 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 May 2008.
Serious
DAF Trucks Fas 75CF crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 5 May 2008
81 m awayRef 2008920801793
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 8 September 2020
100 m awayRef 2020990982628
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 30 January 2008
110 m awayRef 2008920800644
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 11 November 1996
141 m awayRef 1996929604937
Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 17 December 1996
200 m awayRef 1996929605744
Slight
Car crash on the A981 in Aberdeenshire, 14 August 1987
224 m awayRef 1987928704771
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2002920202402 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 2002.