Serious B9170 crash in Aberdeenshire on 1 November 2025 at 10:16 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 and a Ssangyong Rexton were involved in a crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire at 10:16 on Saturday 1 November 2025. The 33-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Nov 2025
- Saturday, 10:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and Ssangyong Rexton
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.32233, longitude -2.34493, in the AB51 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Aberdeenshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025991673242
- Council area
- Aberdeenshire
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9170
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 23 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 February 2016.
Serious
Mercedes ML Class crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 25 February 2016
23 m awayRef 2016921600228
Serious
Car crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 5 December 1981
27 m awayRef 1981928107928
Slight
Subaru Legacy crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 11 March 2008
84 m awayRef 2008920801078
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 23 February 1998
109 m awayRef 1998929800743
Slight
Vauxhall Belmont crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 14 July 1996
109 m awayRef 1996929602872
Slight
MG Metro crash on the B9170 in Aberdeenshire, 15 June 1998
120 m awayRef 1998929802440
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Ssangyong Rexton
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,157 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2025991673242 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.