Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious B966 crash in Aberdeenshire on 17 September 2015 at 18:00 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the B966 in Aberdeenshire at 18:00 on Thursday 17 September 2015. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Sep 2015
Thursday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.84665, longitude -2.5864, in the AB30 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2015921501055
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
966
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
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 85 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2015921501055 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 2015.