Serious B977 crash in Aberdeenshire on 12 March 2024 at 15:12 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a car were involved in a crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire at 15:12 on Tuesday 12 March 2024. A 93-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured and the 64-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Mar 2024
- Tuesday, 15:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.19145, longitude -2.38511, in the AB32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024991420008
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 977
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Moderately 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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2017.
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 11 October 2017
30 m awayRef 2017921700750
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B997 in Aberdeenshire, 23 May 2019
193 m awayRef 2019921900338
Fatal
DAF Trucks crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 17 August 2017
304 m awayRef 2017921700615
Slight
Car crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 14 February 1982
307 m awayRef 1982928200950
Slight
Car crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 12 December 1982
587 m awayRef 1982928208133
Serious
BMW X5 crash on the B977 in Aberdeenshire, 16 June 2014
715 m awayRef 2014921400735
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 93, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2024991420008 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 2024.