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Unclassified road crash in Moray AB56 on 3 October 1998 at 14:10 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Moray at 14:10 on Saturday 3 October 1998. The 51-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo, a 48-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo and a 16-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 1998
Saturday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Citroen Saxo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.67385, longitude -2.96903, in the AB56 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buckie.

Map of where the crash happened in Moray

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998929804165
Council area
Moray
Police force
Grampian

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Daylight
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 May 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)

    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 1998929804165 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.