A944 crash in Aberdeen City on 21 March 2018 at 10:07 involving a Ford Tourneo
A Ford Tourneo and a Vauxhall Crossland were involved in a crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City at 10:07 on Wednesday 21 March 2018. The 26-year-old male driver of the Ford Tourneo and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Ford Tourneo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 2018
- Wednesday, 10:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Tourneo and Vauxhall Crossland
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.15327, longitude -2.11184, in the AB25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Aberdeen. It is one of the crashes that make up the Midstocket/Rosemount, Aberdeen City, AB25 3SJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018921800145
- Council area
- Aberdeen City
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 944
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2009.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City, 8 April 2009
3 m awayRef 2009920901505
Slight
BMW X3 crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City, 11 March 2008
3 m awayRef 2008920800983
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City, 6 December 2008
3 m awayRef 2008920805055
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 15 May 2010
10 m awayRef 2010921001977
Slight
Triumph Street Triple crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City, 6 December 2015
11 m awayRef 2015921501382
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City, 16 March 2012
23 m awayRef 2012921201012
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Tourneo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Crossland
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Tourneo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Tourneo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2018921800145 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 2018.