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A96 crash in Moray on 21 November 1997 at 16:45 involving a BMW motorcycle

A BMW motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A96 in Moray at 16:45 on Friday 21 November 1997. A 56-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Nov 1997
Friday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
BMW
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.54379, longitude -2.94386, in the AB55 postcode district and within the built-up area of Keith.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997929705189
Council area
Moray
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
96
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
9116

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 224 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    980 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1997929705189 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 1997.