Serious A90 crash in Aberdeenshire on 13 May 2024 at 12:40 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a car were involved in a crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire at 12:40 on Monday 13 May 2024. The 55-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4 was seriously 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
- 13 May 2024
- Monday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.66649, longitude -2.00793, in the AB43 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024991456308
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 6 metres away, was a fatal crash on 14 August 2011.
Fatal
Honda Civic crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 14 August 2011
6 m awayRef 2011921102877
Serious
Car crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 27 January 2008
6 m awayRef 2008920800381
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 16 May 2009
10 m awayRef 2009920902023
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 24 January 2012
16 m awayRef 2012921200331
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, 20 August 2010
19 m awayRef 2010921003592
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 8 November 1980
41 m awayRef 1980928007101
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
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
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2024991456308 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.