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A98 crash in Moray on 26 June 1998 at 17:30 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the A98 in Moray at 17:30 on Friday 26 June 1998. A 70-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series and the 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra were 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
26 Jun 1998
Friday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Ford Sierra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.66783, longitude -2.93367, in the AB56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Moray

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998929804342
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
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 slight injury crash on 1 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 1998929804342 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.