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Serious A98 crash in Moray on 28 July 1998 at 11:00 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A98 in Moray at 11:00 on Tuesday 28 July 1998. The 18-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jul 1998
Tuesday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.6641, longitude -2.95201, 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
1998929803022
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
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
942

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 7 October 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

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 1998929803022 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 1998.