Serious A975 crash in Aberdeenshire on 18 July 2019 at 17:30 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A975 in Aberdeenshire at 17:30 on Thursday 18 July 2019. The 34-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Jul 2019
- Thursday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.40752, longitude -1.89539, in the AB42 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019920922320
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 975
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 139 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2009.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A975 in Aberdeenshire, 3 August 2009
139 m awayRef 2009920903233
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A975 in Aberdeenshire, 23 July 2012
233 m awayRef 2012921202644
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A950 in Aberdeenshire, 5 January 2005
362 m awayRef 2005920500039
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A975 in Aberdeenshire, 1 May 2008
414 m awayRef 2008920801757
Slight
Bus crash on the A975 in Aberdeenshire, 26 September 1989
480 m awayRef 1989928906421
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the A975 in Aberdeenshire, 17 July 1998
510 m awayRef 1998929802861
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2019920922320 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.