A96 crash in Aberdeenshire on 21 November 2019 at 16:47 involving an Iveco Daily lorry
Four vehicles, including an Iveco Daily lorry and a Volvo V40, were involved in a crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire at 16:47 on Thursday 21 November 2019. The 27-year-old male driver of the Volvo V40 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2019
- Thursday, 16:47
- Vehicles
- 4
- Iveco Daily and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.27772, longitude -2.38534, in the AB51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Inverurie. It is one of the crashes that make up the Inverurie and District, Aberdeenshire, AB51 3PN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019920901140
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 96
- 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
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2023.
Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire, 25 August 2023
41 m awayRef 2023991345618
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 26 April 1987
64 m awayRef 1987928702336
Slight
Ford crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 26 February 1996
145 m awayRef 1996929600914
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 2 June 2009
147 m awayRef 2009920902298
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire, 8 June 2018
180 m awayRef 2018921800290
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 25 June 2018
195 m awayRef 2018921800590
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Iveco Daily
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo V40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019920901140 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 2019.