Serious A93 crash in Aberdeen City on 5 October 2014 at 19:10 involving a Suzuki Alto
A Suzuki Alto and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A93 in Aberdeen City at 19:10 on Sunday 5 October 2014. The 41-year-old male driver of the Suzuki Alto was seriously injured and the 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Oct 2014
- Sunday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Alto and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.09941, longitude -2.2774, in the AB14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014921401318
- Council area
- Aberdeen City
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 93
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 52 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2017.
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the A93 in Aberdeen City, 23 August 2017
52 m awayRef 2017921700624
Serious
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeen City, 30 January 1986
111 m awayRef 1986928600681
Serious
Car crash on the B979 in Aberdeen City, 25 April 1985
115 m awayRef 1985928502796
Serious
Car crash on the B979 in Aberdeen City, 15 November 1984
136 m awayRef 1984928407609
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B979 in Aberdeen City, 17 July 2000
174 m awayRef 2000920002588
Slight
Honda CD125TC crash on the B979 in Aberdeen City, 17 December 1990
174 m awayRef 1990929008746
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Alto
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
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,061 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2014921401318 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeen City road accident statistics for 2014.