Serious unclassified road crash in Moray AB55 on 4 December 2022 at 08:50 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on an unclassified road in Moray at 08:50 on Sunday 4 December 2022. The 93-year-old male driver and an 87-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Dec 2022
- Sunday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.55072, longitude -2.96543, in the AB55 postcode district and within the built-up area of Keith.
Map of where the crash happened in Moray
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022991249688
- Council area
- Moray
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 2000.
Slight
Citroen AX crash on an unclassified road in Moray, 5 June 2000
81 m awayRef 2000920002840
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B9017 in Moray, 25 March 1982
311 m awayRef 1982928201860
Serious
Car crash on the A96 in Moray, 2 June 1980
314 m awayRef 1980928003543
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B9017 in Moray, 18 March 2012
364 m awayRef 2012921201001
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A96 in Moray, 11 September 1993
391 m awayRef 1993929305047
Serious
Car crash on the A96 in Moray, 7 December 1981
398 m awayRef 1981928107974
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 93 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 93, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Very 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 2022991249688 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.