{"id":481500,"date":"2026-03-18T03:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/481500\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T03:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:40:15","slug":"aberdeen-road-closed-after-car-crushed-by-lamppost-following-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/481500\/","title":{"rendered":"Aberdeen road closed after car crushed by lamppost following collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A road has been closed in Aberdeen after a car was crushed by a lamppost following a collision. <\/p>\n<p>Police Scotland confirmed Hutcheon Street has been closed at its junction with Berryden Road and at the junction of George Street.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic is also unable to access the area from Anne Street. An image circulating on social media appears to show a white car which has crashed into a lamppost, knocking it over.<\/p>\n<p>The lamppost has fallen on to a nearby black car, crushing its roof. Fire crews can be seen trying to remove the lamppost from the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Road users have been urged to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>It is not known if there were any injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: \u201cWe were alerted at 12.57pm on Tuesday, 17 March, to reports of a traffic collision involving two cars on Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOperations Control mobilised four fire appliances and a specialty vehicle to assist emergency service partners at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrews remain in attendance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A road has been closed in Aberdeen after a car was crushed by a lamppost following a collision.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-481500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}