Serious A95 crash in Moray on 6 October 2022 at 15:25 involving a Volvo S90
A Volvo S90 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A95 in Moray at 15:25 on Thursday 6 October 2022. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Oct 2022
- Thursday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo S90 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.42577, longitude -3.3492, in the AB37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Moray
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022991228472
- Council area
- Moray
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 82 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 January 1993.
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A95 in Moray, 2 January 1993
82 m awayRef 1993929300022
Fatal
Car crash on the A95 in Moray, 2 February 1981
177 m awayRef 1981928100793
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A95 in Moray, 1 October 2013
557 m awayRef 2013921303600
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A95 in Moray, 26 August 2014
559 m awayRef 2014921401090
Slight
Volvo crash on the A95 in Moray, 29 June 2000
601 m awayRef 2000920002277
Serious
Car crash on the A95 in Moray, 16 July 1981
742 m awayRef 1981928104225
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo S90
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022991228472 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 2022.