Serious A956 crash in Aberdeen City on 11 May 2015 at 16:45 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a car were involved in a crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City at 16:45 on Monday 11 May 2015. The 25-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 May 2015
- Monday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.12224, longitude -2.08887, in the AB12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kincorth/Nigg/Cove, Aberdeen City, AB12 3AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015921500541
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 August 2008.
Serious
Audi TT crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 3 August 2008
3 m awayRef 2008920802951
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 30 October 2012
5 m awayRef 2012921204582
Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 24 October 2008
8 m awayRef 2008920804310
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 28 January 2009
8 m awayRef 2009920900435
Serious
Suzuki GSX 1300 crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 9 July 2010
8 m awayRef 2010921002625
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 26 March 2009
8 m awayRef 2009920901347
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2015921500541 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.