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A834 crash in Highland on 6 May 1979 at 15:30 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A834 in Highland at 15:30 on Sunday 6 May 1979. A 17-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 May 1979
Sunday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.59489, longitude -4.431, in the IV15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dingwall.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979910060131
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
834
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 29 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1979910060131 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Highland road accident statistics for 1979.