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Serious A98 crash in Moray on 20 December 1990 at 14:40 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Viva were involved in a crash on the A98 in Moray at 14:40 on Thursday 20 December 1990. The 33-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, a 56-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Viva were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1990
Thursday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Viva
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.63831, longitude -3.03341, in the AB56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Moray

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990929008760
Council area
Moray
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
98
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Viva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Viva)

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 1990929008760 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 1990.