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A890 crash in Highland on 24 December 1979 at 11:40 involving a car

A car and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A890 in Highland at 11:40 on Monday 24 December 1979. The 70-year-old female driver of the minibus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1979
Monday, 11:40
Vehicles
2
Car and minibus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.34987, longitude -5.55204, in the IV53 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979910070283
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
890
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 163 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 May 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    On lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

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 1979910070283 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.