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Serious A87 crash in Highland on 15 December 1982 at 15:10 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on the A87 in Highland at 15:10 on Wednesday 15 December 1982. A 51-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1982
Wednesday, 15:10
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.13247, longitude -4.95756, in the PH35 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982910090941
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
87
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 August 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 51, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 1982910090941 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.