Serious B9032 crash in Aberdeenshire on 29 May 2018 at 14:56 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara and a Volvo V40 were involved in a crash on the B9032 in Aberdeenshire at 14:56 on Tuesday 29 May 2018. There were six casualties: two people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 May 2018
- Tuesday, 14:56
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Xsara and Volvo V40
- Casualties
- 6
- 2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.66502, longitude -2.09682, 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
- 2018921800272
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9032
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 98
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 14 April 2014
10 m awayRef 2014921400585
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 8 October 2015
12 m awayRef 2015921501138
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 21 March 2014
21 m awayRef 2014921400450
Slight
Citroen Nemo crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 1 February 2018
21 m awayRef 2018921800198
Fatal
Peugeot 405 crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 19 November 1992
25 m awayRef 1992929207499
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the B9032 in Aberdeenshire, 19 August 2001
25 m awayRef 2001920104035
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo V40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)
- 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 2018921800272 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 2018.