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A850 crash in Highland on 4 May 1979 at 10:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A850 in Highland at 10:20 on Friday 4 May 1979. The 29-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 1-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 May 1979
Friday, 10:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.49128, longitude -6.42409, in the IV51 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979910070071
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
850
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1979910070071 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.