Serious B9077 crash in Aberdeenshire on 20 April 2018 at 15:25 involving a Seat Leon
A Seat Leon, a van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire at 15:25 on Friday 20 April 2018. There were five casualties: four people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Apr 2018
- Friday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Leon and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 4 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.0643, longitude -2.3447, 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
- 2018921800477
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9077
- 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
- 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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 1990.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 25 November 1990
18 m awayRef 1990929007929
Slight
Car crash on the A943 in Aberdeenshire, 6 March 1979
18 m awayRef 1979927901523
Slight
Lorry crash on the A943 in Aberdeenshire, 8 November 1985
18 m awayRef 1985928507774
Fatal
Seat Leon crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 8 February 2020
34 m awayRef 2020990928374
Serious
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 21 September 2008
516 m awayRef 2008920803686
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B9077 in Aberdeenshire, 3 July 1992
643 m awayRef 1992929204201
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2018921800477 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.