The Scottish Ambulance Service has confirmed that two people were taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after the two-vehicle crash.
Two people have been injured after a lamppost crushed a car in a horror two-vehicle crash in Aberdeen.
Emergency crews were alerted were called to a major road traffic collision on Hutcheon Street in the city at around 12:55pm on Tuesday, March 17.
The Scottish Ambulance Service has now confirmed that two people were taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Photos from the scene showed a Victorian-era lamp post seen on top of a blue Volvo. The heavy lamp post has crushed the top of the vehicle and debris from both cars can be seen scattered across the road.
While a number of people gathered around a white car. The front end of the motor was badly damaged and the windscreen shattered. The white car was wedged between a wall and the bottom of the lamppost.
A Scottish Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We received a call at 12.58 to attend a road traffic collision on Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen. Two ambulances, two special operations response teams (SORT) and a critical care team were dispatched to the scene. Two patients were transported to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson said earlier: “Around 12.55pm on Tuesday, 17 March, 2026 police received a report of a two vehicle crash in Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen. Emergency services are in attendance.
“There are road closures at Hutcheon Street at the junction of Berryden Road and Hutcheon Street at the junction of George Street.
“There is also no traffic access from Anne Street onto Hutcheon Street.”
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We were alerted at 12.57pm on Tuesday, 17 March, to reports of a traffic collision involving two cars on Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen.
“Operations Control mobilised four fire appliances and a specialty vehicle to assist emergency service partners at the scene. Crews remain in attendance.”
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