A93 crash in Aberdeenshire on 3 August 2018 at 15:40 involving a Peugeot 2008
A Peugeot 2008, a Mini Cooper and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire at 15:40 on Friday 3 August 2018. The 48-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper and a 27-year-old female passenger in the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2018
- Friday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 2008 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.05094, longitude -2.49947, in the AB31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banchory.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018921800385
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 46 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 November 1990.
Serious
Vauxhall Chevette crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 23 November 1990
46 m awayRef 1990929007898
Slight
Car crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 6 July 1981
46 m awayRef 1981928104005
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 23 November 1983
54 m awayRef 1983928307672
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 25 June 1995
54 m awayRef 1995929503208
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A93 in Aberdeenshire, 4 December 2018
88 m awayRef 2018921800621
Serious
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 25 March 1987
108 m awayRef 1987928701744
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 2008
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 2018921800385 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.