B994 crash in Aberdeenshire on 4 February 2020 at 18:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A car and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire at 18:20 on Tuesday 4 February 2020. The 44-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Feb 2020
- Tuesday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.22453, longitude -2.36055, in the AB51 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990933441
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 994
- Road type
- Single 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
- 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, 38 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 1991.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 8 June 1991
38 m awayRef 1991929103527
Serious
Lorry crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 21 August 1980
38 m awayRef 1980928005131
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 14 December 1999
38 m awayRef 1999929904893
Slight
Car crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 11 August 1986
38 m awayRef 1986928605108
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B994 in Aberdeenshire, 20 March 2000
76 m awayRef 2000920001148
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Aberdeenshire, 17 September 1989
80 m awayRef 1989928906041
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, 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 2020990933441 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 2020.