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Serious B979 crash in Aberdeenshire on 16 June 2018 at 20:24 involving a car

A car crashed on the B979 in Aberdeenshire at 20:24 on Saturday 16 June 2018. A 40-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 39-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jun 2018
Saturday, 20:24
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.07161, longitude -2.24392, in the AB12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018921800414
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Police force
Grampian
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
979
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    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 2018921800414 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.