Serious A952 crash in Aberdeenshire on 21 July 2016 at 16:30 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the A952 in Aberdeenshire at 16:30 on Thursday 21 July 2016. The 62-year-old male driver of the Honda CRV was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Jul 2016
- Thursday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Ibiza and Honda CRV
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.51279, longitude -1.99751, in the AB42 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016921600669
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 952
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2009.
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A952 in Aberdeenshire, 29 November 2009
7 m awayRef 2009920905082
Serious
Jaguar E-Pace crash on the A952 in Aberdeenshire, 8 January 2025
64 m awayRef 2025991539952
Slight
Lorry crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 11 July 1983
67 m awayRef 1983928304328
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 25 February 1985
67 m awayRef 1985928501348
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 27 July 1984
67 m awayRef 1984928404682
Fatal
Ford Transit crash on the A952 in Moray, 14 January 2003
72 m awayRef 2003920300219
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CRV)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 2016921600669 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 2016.