B994 crash in Aberdeenshire on 16 November 2002 at 03:20 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the B994 in Aberdeenshire at 03:20 on Saturday 16 November 2002. The 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Nov 2002
- Saturday, 03:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.23679, longitude -2.4191, in the AB51 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002920203727
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 994
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 1993.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 17 July 1993
At the same spotRef 1993929304065
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 6 May 1997
At the same spotRef 1997929701980
Serious
Kia Picanto crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 25 February 2020
67 m awayRef 2020990935095
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 5 March 2012
78 m awayRef 2012921200849
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 23 December 1998
100 m awayRef 1998929805560
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 5 July 1992
100 m awayRef 1992929204101
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 2002920203727 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.