Serious A982 crash in Aberdeenshire on 15 October 2016 at 14:33 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A982 in Aberdeenshire at 14:33 on Saturday 15 October 2016. The 26-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Oct 2016
- Saturday, 14:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.5034, longitude -1.79074, in the AB42 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Peterhead North and Rattray, Aberdeenshire, AB42 1QJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016921600923
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 982
- Road type
- Single 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2010.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 25 October 2010
14 m awayRef 2010921004259
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A982 in Aberdeenshire, 18 June 2015
60 m awayRef 2015921500698
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 29 March 1983
66 m awayRef 1983928301965
Slight
Mazda 121 crash on the A952 in Aberdeenshire, 1 September 1994
66 m awayRef 1994929404251
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A952 in Aberdeenshire, 16 May 1981
66 m awayRef 1981928102874
Fatal
Taxi crash on the A952 in Aberdeenshire, 23 October 1986
100 m awayRef 1986928606898
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2016921600923 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.