A956 crash in Aberdeen City on 30 March 2015 at 09:30 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City at 09:30 on Monday 30 March 2015. The 47-year-old female driver of the Ford KA was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Mar 2015
- Monday, 09:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.14776, longitude -2.08992, in the AB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen. It is one of the crashes that make up the George St/Harbour, Aberdeen City, AB24 5HJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015921500366
- Council area
- Aberdeen City
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 956
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2012.
Slight
Citroen Nemo crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 19 January 2012
9 m awayRef 2012921200241
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 13 September 2007
9 m awayRef 2007920703013
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 10 October 2005
9 m awayRef 2005920503334
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 9 February 2001
9 m awayRef 2001920100589
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 25 July 2008
18 m awayRef 2008920802877
Serious
Scania crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 7 June 1994
48 m awayRef 1994929402785
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
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 2015921500366 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 2015.