Serious A836 crash in Highland on 2 September 1986 at 15:50 involving a car
A car and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A836 in Highland at 15:50 on Tuesday 2 September 1986. The 30-year-old male driver of the car and a 26-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Sep 1986
- Tuesday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and minibus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.93597, longitude -4.40334, in the IV27 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1986910050164
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 836
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 837
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 106 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 November 2020.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A836 in Highland, 19 November 2020
106 m awayRef 2020991000093
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A836 in Highland, 18 April 2022
106 m awayRef 2022991167447
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A836 in Highland, 6 August 2002
128 m awayRef 200291NJ10887
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A836 in Highland, 25 June 2012
165 m awayRef 201291NJ08522
Slight
Car crash on the A837 in Highland, 30 November 1985
300 m awayRef 1985910050173
Serious
Car crash on the A836 in Highland, 22 June 1997
300 m awayRef 199791J007521
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Minibus
Minibus or motor caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1986910050164 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.