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Serious A9 crash in Highland on 6 January 1981 at 07:55 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A9 in Highland at 07:55 on Tuesday 6 January 1981. The 28-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jan 1981
Tuesday, 07:55
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.62277, longitude -4.38261, in the IV15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981910060009
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 30 August 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1981910060009 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 1981.