Serious B9012 crash in Moray on 2 April 2015 at 21:14 involving an MG ZR
An MG ZR and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the B9012 in Moray at 21:14 on Thursday 2 April 2015. The 85-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4 was seriously injured and the 24-year-old male driver of the MG ZR was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Apr 2015
- Thursday, 21:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG ZR and Citroen C4
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.69708, longitude -3.40474, in the IV30 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Moray
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015921500398
- Council area
- Moray
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9012
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 68 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 1990.
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B9012 in Moray, 11 October 1990
68 m awayRef 1990929006713
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B9012 in Moray, 26 September 2005
89 m awayRef 2005920503134
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B9012 in Moray, 25 November 1993
89 m awayRef 1993929306890
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B9012 in Moray, 14 January 2004
89 m awayRef 2004920400305
Slight
Car crash on the B9012 in Moray, 16 September 1984
172 m awayRef 1984928405923
Serious
Car crash on the B9012 in Moray, 12 June 1981
531 m awayRef 1981928103480
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG ZR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZR)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)
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 2015921500398 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 2015.