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Fatal B9040 crash in Moray on 24 June 1982 at 22:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the B9040 in Moray at 22:50 on Thursday 24 June 1982. The 20-year-old male driver was killed and a 17-year-old female passenger and a 21-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Jun 1982
Thursday, 22:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.70555, longitude -3.41794, in the IV30 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Moray

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982928203742
Council area
Moray
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9040
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1982928203742 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Moray road accident statistics for 1982.