B9170 crash in Aberdeenshire on 11 March 2008 at 17:50 involving a Subaru Legacy
A Subaru Legacy crashed on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire at 17:50 on Tuesday 11 March 2008. The 36-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Mar 2008
- Tuesday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Subaru Legacy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.32172, longitude -2.34551, in the AB51 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008920801078
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 February 1998.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 23 February 1998
32 m awayRef 1998929800743
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 14 July 1996
32 m awayRef 1996929602872
Serious
Mercedes ML Class crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 25 February 2016
61 m awayRef 2016921600228
Serious
Car crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 5 December 1981
71 m awayRef 1981928107928
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 1 November 2025
84 m awayRef 2025991673242
Slight
Scania crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 6 May 2004
95 m awayRef 2004920401370
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Subaru Legacy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Any animal (except ridden horse)
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,457 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Legacy)
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 2008920801078 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 2008.