A944 crash in Aberdeen City on 4 December 2018 at 17:00 involving a Volkswagen Caddy van
Four vehicles, including a Volkswagen Caddy van and a Vauxhall Astra, were involved in a crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City at 17:00 on Tuesday 4 December 2018. The 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2018
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Volkswagen Caddy and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.14643, longitude -2.21696, in the AB15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeen City
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018921800620
- Council area
- Aberdeen City
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 944
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2012.
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City, 25 October 2012
22 m awayRef 2012921203758
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City, 10 August 2013
23 m awayRef 2013921302976
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeen City, 18 April 2003
30 m awayRef 2003920301221
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City, 2 February 1990
30 m awayRef 1990929000746
Slight
Car crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City, 29 October 1982
71 m awayRef 1982928206796
Slight
Car crash on the A944 in Aberdeen City, 17 May 1979
71 m awayRef 1979927903226
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018921800620 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Aberdeen City road accident statistics for 2018.