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A82 crash in Highland on 24 March 1987 at 12:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a car were involved in a crash on the A82 in Highland at 12:20 on Tuesday 24 March 1987. A 52-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Mar 1987
Tuesday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.47739, longitude -4.22468, in the IV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Inverness.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987910090246
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
82
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
82

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 1987910090246 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 1987.