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B9009 crash in Moray on 18 December 1996 at 07:20 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender crashed on the B9009 in Moray at 07:20 on Wednesday 18 December 1996. All five casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 1996
Wednesday, 07:20
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Defender
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.36392, longitude -3.2734, in the AB37 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Moray

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996929605889
Council area
Moray
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9009
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 797 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 February 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1996929605889 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 1996.