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Serious A98 crash in Moray on 7 December 2001 at 11:00 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo, a Ford Escort and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A98 in Moray at 11:00 on Friday 7 December 2001. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Dec 2001
Friday, 11:00
Vehicles
3
Ford Mondeo and 2 others
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.6716, longitude -2.92035, 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
2001920104168
Council area
Moray
Police force
Grampian
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 200 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,989 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 2001920104168 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 2001.