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Serious A850 crash in Highland on 2 July 1982 at 16:20 involving a van

A van and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A850 in Highland at 16:20 on Friday 2 July 1982. The 28-year-old male driver of the van and a 48-year-old female passenger in the taxi were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jul 1982
Friday, 16:20
Vehicles
2
Van and taxi
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.40272, longitude -6.20013, in the IV51 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982910070101
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
850
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 March 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Submerged in water
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1982910070101 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.