Serious A956 crash in Aberdeen City on 9 September 2015 at 06:45 involving a Ford S-Max
A Ford S-Max and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City at 06:45 on Wednesday 9 September 2015. The 29-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Sep 2015
- Wednesday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford S-Max and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.1313, longitude -2.09398, in the AB11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Torry/Ferryhill, Aberdeen City, AB11 8ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015921600223
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2012.
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 7 December 2012
13 m awayRef 2012921204481
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 7 August 1987
13 m awayRef 1987928704570
Slight
Citroen AX crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 20 February 2000
13 m awayRef 2000920000732
Slight
Car crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 27 September 1997
13 m awayRef 1997929704333
Serious
Car crash on the A956 in Aberdeen City, 8 August 1980
13 m awayRef 1980928004805
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 10 December 1990
13 m awayRef 1990929008448
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 29, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2015921600223 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.