Serious A96 crash in Aberdeenshire on 28 April 2021 at 07:20 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two Ford Fiestas and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire at 07:20 on Wednesday 28 April 2021. The 18-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Apr 2021
- Wednesday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Fiesta and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.37977, longitude -2.59577, in the AB52 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991045857
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 92 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 2017.
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire, 30 April 2017
92 m awayRef 2017921700372
Serious
Car crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire, 7 July 1991
97 m awayRef 1991929104438
Serious
Van crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire, 9 March 1979
97 m awayRef 1979927901572
Slight
Minibus crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire, 2 March 1984
97 m awayRef 1984928401475
Serious
Car crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire, 17 June 1979
97 m awayRef 1979927903873
Fatal
Car crash on the A96 in Aberdeenshire, 17 May 1982
97 m awayRef 1982928202940
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
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
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2021991045857 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 2021.