A93 crash in Aberdeen City on 23 August 2017 at 18:00 involving a Rover Mini
A Rover Mini and a Mazda CX3 were involved in a crash on the A93 in Aberdeen City at 18:00 on Wednesday 23 August 2017. The 20-year-old male driver of the Rover Mini and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Mazda CX3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Aug 2017
- Wednesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover Mini and Mazda CX3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.09927, longitude -2.27656, in the AB14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017921700624
- Council area
- Aberdeen City
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 93
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 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
- 20%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 80%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 52 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 October 2014.
Serious
Suzuki Alto crash on the A93 in Aberdeen City, 5 October 2014
52 m awayRef 2014921401318
Serious
Car crash on the B979 in Aberdeen City, 25 April 1985
71 m awayRef 1985928502796
Serious
Car crash on the B979 in Aberdeen City, 15 November 1984
149 m awayRef 1984928407609
Serious
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeen City, 30 January 1986
154 m awayRef 1986928600681
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B979 in Aberdeen City, 17 July 2000
154 m awayRef 2000920002588
Slight
Honda CD125TC crash on the B979 in Aberdeen City, 17 December 1990
154 m awayRef 1990929008746
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,275 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda CX3
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Mini)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda CX3)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017921700624 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 2017.