Serious B9031 crash in Aberdeenshire on 2 October 2017 at 13:15 involving a Rover 25
A Rover 25 and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire at 13:15 on Monday 2 October 2017. The 67-year-old female driver of the Rover 25 was seriously injured and the 51-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Oct 2017
- Monday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 25 and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.69999, longitude -2.07955, in the AB43 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017921700726
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9031
- 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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2010.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 1 July 2010
8 m awayRef 2010921002536
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 21 February 2016
11 m awayRef 2016921600206
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 25 July 2010
30 m awayRef 2010921002833
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 27 August 1990
42 m awayRef 1990929005544
Slight
Car crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 18 October 1983
42 m awayRef 1983928307109
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B9031 in Aberdeenshire, 13 September 1991
42 m awayRef 1991929105826
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 25)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
- 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 2017921700726 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.