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A96 crash in Moray on 30 December 1997 at 13:25 involving a Honda CB350S motorcycle

A Honda CB350S motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A96 in Moray at 13:25 on Tuesday 30 December 1997. The 20-year-old male rider of the Honda CB350S motorcycle was slightly 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
Slight
Date
30 Dec 1997
Tuesday, 13:25
Vehicles
2
Honda CB350S and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.62579, longitude -3.13185, in the IV32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Moray

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997929706446
Council area
Moray
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

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

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 fatal crash on 6 June 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CB350S

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    348 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CB350S)

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 1997929706446 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.