Fatal B977 crash in Aberdeenshire on 18 February 2013 at 12:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the B977 in Aberdeenshire at 12:20 on Monday 18 February 2013. The 18-year-old male driver was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 18 Feb 2013
- Monday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.24038, longitude -2.29039, in the AB21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013921300727
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 977
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 August 2018.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 22 August 2018
32 m awayRef 2018921800412
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 16 February 1999
49 m awayRef 1999929901191
Slight
Car crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 8 July 1985
93 m awayRef 1985928504572
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 3 March 2011
109 m awayRef 2011921100909
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 7 August 2014
136 m awayRef 2014921400979
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 14 February 2019
146 m awayRef 2019921900104
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 2013921300727 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 2013.