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Fatal A865 crash in Na h-Eileanan Siar on 18 April 1979 at 17:30

A vehicle crashed on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar at 17:30 on Wednesday 18 April 1979. A 40-year-old male passenger was killed and the 31-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
18 Apr 1979
Wednesday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.17258, longitude -7.37466, in the HS8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Na h-Eileanan Siar

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979910030074
Council area
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
865
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 200 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 40, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 1979910030074 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Na h-Eileanan Siar road accident statistics for 1979.