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B9090 crash in Highland on 27 April 1979 at 11:20 involving a taxi

A taxi crashed on the B9090 in Highland at 11:20 on Friday 27 April 1979. The 30-year-old female 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
Slight
Date
27 Apr 1979
Friday, 11:20
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.56747, longitude -3.87904, in the IV12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979910110060
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9090
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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

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 1979910110060 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.