B993 crash in Aberdeenshire on 18 September 2012 at 11:40 involving a Toyota RAV4
A Toyota RAV4 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B993 in Aberdeenshire at 11:40 on Tuesday 18 September 2012. The 85-year-old male driver of the Toyota RAV4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Sep 2012
- Tuesday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota RAV4 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.10704, longitude -2.6207, in the AB31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012921203282
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 993
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2003.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A980 in Aberdeenshire, 6 August 2003
41 m awayRef 2003920302357
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B993 in Aberdeenshire, 8 August 2012
150 m awayRef 2012921202765
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 16 August 1998
180 m awayRef 1998929803354
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A980 in Aberdeenshire, 26 August 1990
180 m awayRef 1990929005477
Serious
Car crash on the A980 in Aberdeenshire, 25 September 2015
249 m awayRef 2015921501088
Serious
Car crash on the A980 in Aberdeenshire, 19 January 1989
250 m awayRef 1989928900423
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota RAV4)
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 2012921203282 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 2012.