A9 crash in Highland on 27 December 1982 at 11:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A9 in Highland at 11:30 on Monday 27 December 1982. A 38-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 27 Dec 1982; Monday, 11:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1982910100308
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: Fine, no high winds
Road surface: Snow

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
36 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 1982910100308 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.