A90 crash in Aberdeenshire on 10 March 2023 at 00:14 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio crashed on the A90 in Aberdeenshire at 00:14 on Friday 10 March 2023. The 63-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Mar 2023
- Friday, 00:14
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.22401, longitude -2.07495, in the AB23 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991285151
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 90
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 90
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, 113 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 1998.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 4 September 1998
113 m awayRef 1998929804362
Serious
Lorry crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 18 December 1980
127 m awayRef 1980928008288
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 18 September 2012
142 m awayRef 2012921203288
Serious
Scania crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 8 July 2020
142 m awayRef 2020990963665
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 20 November 1981
192 m awayRef 1981928107433
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 11 April 2018
193 m awayRef 2018921800179
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bollard or refuge
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 2023991285151 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 2023.