Unclassified road crash in Moray AB38 on 14 September 2008 at 15:15 involving a John Deere agricultural vehicle
A John Deere agricultural vehicle and an Aprilia RS50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Moray at 15:15 on Sunday 14 September 2008. The 16-year-old male rider of the Aprilia RS50 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Sep 2008
- Sunday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- John Deere and Aprilia RS50
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.469, longitude -3.21086, in the AB38 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Moray
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008920803547
- Council area
- Moray
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 222 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 November 2002.
Serious
Volvo crash on the A95 in Moray, 30 November 2002
222 m awayRef 2002920204002
Serious
Car crash on the A95 in Moray, 1 February 1987
640 m awayRef 1987928700587
Slight
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road in Moray, 17 July 2003
640 m awayRef 2003920302076
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A95 in Moray, 31 March 1985
640 m awayRef 1985928502264
Serious
Car crash on the A95 in Moray, 9 December 1988
675 m awayRef 1988928807726
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Moray, 18 May 1980
685 m awayRef 1980928003079
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: John Deere
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Aprilia RS50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 50 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia RS50)
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 2008920803547 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 2008.