A92 crash in Aberdeenshire on 9 February 2019 at 09:00 involving a Mercedes ML Class
A Mercedes ML Class crashed on the A92 in Aberdeenshire at 09:00 on Saturday 9 February 2019. The 44-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Feb 2019
- Saturday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes ML Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.06459, longitude -2.14134, in the AB12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portlethen. It is one of the crashes that make up the North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire, AB12 4NY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019921900086
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 92
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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 with 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1996.
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 22 November 1996
40 m awayRef 1996929605344
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 5 September 1995
76 m awayRef 1995929504391
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 26 February 2004
76 m awayRef 2004920400719
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 27 May 1989
76 m awayRef 1989928903575
Serious
MG MGF crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 29 July 2002
76 m awayRef 2002920202416
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 3 November 1997
76 m awayRef 1997929704806
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes ML Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes ML Class)
- 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 2019921900086 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.