A98 crash in Aberdeenshire on 6 September 2018 at 15:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire at 15:20 on Thursday 6 September 2018. The 60-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2018
- Thursday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Citroen C4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.66995, longitude -2.49139, in the AB44 postcode district and within the built-up area of Macduff.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018921800446
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 98
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 August 2014.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 6 August 2014
7 m awayRef 2014921400975
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 28 July 2013
39 m awayRef 2013921302801
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 29 July 1982
41 m awayRef 1982928204480
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 18 December 2002
41 m awayRef 2002920204274
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 1 July 1991
63 m awayRef 1991929104151
Slight
Bus crash on the A98 in Aberdeenshire, 15 January 1979
63 m awayRef 1979927900334
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018921800446 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.