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Serious A96 crash in Moray on 19 December 2001 at 12:40 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A96 in Moray at 12:40 on Wednesday 19 December 2001. A 33-year-old male passenger in vehicle 3 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 2001
Wednesday, 12:40
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.64969, longitude -3.3159, in the IV30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Elgin. It is one of the crashes that make up the Elgin City North, Moray, IV30 1LF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Moray

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001920200241
Council area
Moray
Police force
Grampian
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

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

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    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 2001920200241 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.