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A9 crash in Highland on 11 June 1982 at 17:45 involving a taxi

Three taxis were involved in a crash on the A9 in Highland at 17:45 on Friday 11 June 1982. A 22-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jun 1982
Friday, 17:45
Vehicles
3
Taxi and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.48841, longitude -4.26206, in the IV3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982910090394
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
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 1979.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 3: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1982910090394 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.