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A98 crash in Moray on 11 October 1992 at 20:40 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A98 in Moray at 20:40 on Sunday 11 October 1992. The 77-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Oct 1992
Sunday, 20:40
Vehicles
2
Nissan Bluebird and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.69107, longitude -2.8202, in the AB56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Moray

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992929206352
Council area
Moray
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 1992929206352 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 1992.