B9120 crash in Aberdeenshire on 10 December 2009 at 16:00 involving a Volvo C 30
A Volvo C 30 and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the B9120 in Aberdeenshire at 16:00 on Thursday 10 December 2009. A 16-year-old male passenger in the Volvo C 30 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Dec 2009
- Thursday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo C 30 and Land Rover Freelander
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.84026, longitude -2.51531, in the AB30 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009920905293
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9120
- 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
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 July 2025.
Serious
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the B9120 in Aberdeenshire, 4 July 2025
10 m awayRef 2025991623297
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B9120 in Aberdeenshire, 15 December 2009
10 m awayRef 2009920905374
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B9120 in Aberdeenshire, 17 August 2004
30 m awayRef 2004920402544
Serious
Car crash on the B9120 in Aberdeenshire, 1 February 1983
40 m awayRef 1983928300639
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B9120 in Aberdeenshire, 25 April 1991
60 m awayRef 1991929102571
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B9120 in Aberdeenshire, 16 June 2016
127 m awayRef 2016921600557
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo C 30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo C 30)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2009920905293 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 2009.