Serious A952 crash in Aberdeenshire on 28 March 2025 at 11:34 involving a Ford Puma
A Ford Puma and a Seat Leon were involved in a crash on the A952 in Aberdeenshire at 11:34 on Friday 28 March 2025. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Puma was seriously injured and the 73-year-old male driver of the Seat Leon 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 Mar 2025
- Friday, 11:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Puma and Seat Leon
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.43815, longitude -1.98871, in the AB42 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991570661
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 952
- 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, 33 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 November 2012.
Serious
Skoda Fabia crash on the A952 in Aberdeenshire, 30 November 2012
33 m awayRef 2012921204529
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 1 June 1979
52 m awayRef 1979927903558
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 18 September 1980
90 m awayRef 1980928005866
Slight
Car crash on the A92 in Aberdeenshire, 14 July 1984
149 m awayRef 1984928404595
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A952 in Aberdeenshire, 4 July 1998
149 m awayRef 1998929802668
Serious
Car crash on the A952 in Aberdeenshire, 8 February 2007
165 m awayRef 2007920700702
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Puma
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Vehicle 2: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Puma)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Leon)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025991570661 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 2025.