Serious A93 crash in Aberdeenshire on 27 June 2018 at 14:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Skoda Yeti were involved in a crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire at 14:15 on Wednesday 27 June 2018. The 57-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was seriously injured and the 53-year-old female driver of the Skoda Yeti and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Skoda Yeti were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Jun 2018
- Wednesday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Skoda Yeti
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.06534, longitude -2.64788, in the AB31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018921800327
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- 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
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 993
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 April 2024.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 27 April 2024
3 m awayRef 2024991471450
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 3 October 1996
34 m awayRef 1996929604442
Slight
Citroen XM crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 8 September 2002
68 m awayRef 2002920202900
Serious
Van crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 22 January 1983
69 m awayRef 1983928300445
Slight
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 25 June 1989
69 m awayRef 1989928904222
Serious
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 12 May 2001
69 m awayRef 2001920101700
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Skoda Yeti
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Yeti)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Yeti)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018921800327 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.