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A96 crash in Moray on 8 August 2001 at 20:20 involving a van

A van and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A96 in Moray at 20:20 on Wednesday 8 August 2001. The 31-year-old male driver of the van and a 29-year-old female passenger in the van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 2001
Wednesday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Van and bus or coach
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.60693, longitude -3.40741, in the IV30 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Moray

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001920201209
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 1.1 km away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

    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 2001920201209 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.