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Unclassified road crash in Highland IV51 on 3 June 1982 at 15:30 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Highland at 15:30 on Thursday 3 June 1982. A 7-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jun 1982
Thursday, 15:30
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.4142, longitude -6.20645, in the IV51 postcode district and within the built-up area of Portree.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982910070078
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
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 slight injury crash on 27 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1982910070078 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 1982.