A98 crash in Aberdeenshire on 28 September 2017 at 13:40 involving a Nissan Qashqai
A Nissan Qashqai and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire at 13:40 on Thursday 28 September 2017. The 46-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio, a 25-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio and a 48-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Sep 2017
- Thursday, 13:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Qashqai and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.69105, longitude -2.02826, in the AB43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fraserburgh.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017921800141
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 98
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2012.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 25 May 2012
16 m awayRef 2012921201893
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 17 May 2009
38 m awayRef 2009920902041
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 20 November 1983
105 m awayRef 1983928307892
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 27 February 1998
105 m awayRef 1998929800783
Serious
Car crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 30 July 1981
115 m awayRef 1981928104509
Fatal
Scania crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 1 March 1999
115 m awayRef 1999929901072
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2017921800141 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.