Serious A95 crash in Moray on 19 October 2016 at 16:25 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A95 in Moray at 16:25 on Wednesday 19 October 2016. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Oct 2016
- Wednesday, 16:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.53581, longitude -3.01933, in the AB55 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Moray
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016921600935
- Council area
- Moray
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 95
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 44 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 1985.
Serious
Lorry crash on the A95 in Moray, 14 November 1985
44 m awayRef 1985928507999
Slight
MG ZS crash on the A95 in Moray, 24 June 2006
72 m awayRef 2006920602178
Slight
Car crash on the A95 in Moray, 22 August 1997
98 m awayRef 1997929703665
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A95 in Moray, 29 May 2016
103 m awayRef 2016921600495
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A95 in Moray, 2 August 2010
271 m awayRef 2010921002933
Slight
Car crash on the A95 in Moray, 1 August 1986
278 m awayRef 1986928604986
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2016921600935 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 2016.