Serious A939 crash in Aberdeenshire on 12 June 2017 at 20:12 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A939 in Aberdeenshire at 20:12 on Monday 12 June 2017. The 60-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured and the 58-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Jun 2017
- Monday, 20:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.19809, longitude -3.24521, in the AB36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017921700448
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 939
- 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 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, 31 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 August 2011.
Serious
Suzuki GSX 1300 crash on the A939 in Aberdeenshire, 27 August 2011
31 m awayRef 2011921103021
Slight
Land Rover 90 crash on the A939 in Aberdeenshire, 24 November 1991
125 m awayRef 1991929107597
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A939 in Aberdeenshire, 31 December 1991
180 m awayRef 1991929108581
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A939 in Aberdeenshire, 29 August 1994
295 m awayRef 1994929404297
Serious
Land Rover 88 crash on the A939 in Aberdeenshire, 3 October 1991
435 m awayRef 1991929106445
Slight
Renault 18 crash on the A939 in Aberdeenshire, 7 October 1991
435 m awayRef 1991929106335
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017921700448 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 2017.