Serious B9089 crash in Moray on 22 April 2017 at 19:07 involving a Citroen DS4
A Citroen DS4 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B9089 in Moray at 19:07 on Saturday 22 April 2017. The 57-year-old male driver of the Citroen DS4 and the 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 19:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen DS4 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.67716, longitude -3.47157, 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
- 2017921700328
- Council area
- Moray
- Police force
- Grampian
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9089
- 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
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, 110 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 May 1990.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B9089 in Moray, 28 May 1990
110 m awayRef 1990929003492
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B9089 in Moray, 26 September 1984
213 m awayRef 1984928406121
Slight
Subaru Forester crash on the B9089 in Moray, 27 December 2010
231 m awayRef 2010921100007
Serious
Car crash on the B9089 in Moray, 10 June 1989
250 m awayRef 1989928903734
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B9089 in Moray, 9 June 2017
299 m awayRef 2017921700435
Serious
Nissan Cabstar crash on the B9089 in Moray, 1 February 2001
392 m awayRef 2001920100472
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen DS4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen DS4)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017921700328 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 2017.