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Fatal A96 crash in Highland on 24 February 1982 at 23:40 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A96 in Highland at 23:40 on Wednesday 24 February 1982. A 67-year-old male passenger and a 23-year-old male pedestrian were killed and the 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Feb 1982
Wednesday, 23:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.5013, longitude -4.14101, in the IV2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982910090139
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
96
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
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 1982910090139 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.