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A9 crash in Highland on 1 December 1986 at 15:15 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A9 in Highland at 15:15 on Monday 1 December 1986. The 28-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Dec 1986
Monday, 15:15
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.48174, longitude -3.14039, in the KW1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986910040341
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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 February 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 1986910040341 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 1986.