A9 crash in Highland on 24 December 1990 at 10:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A9 in Highland at 10:20 on Monday 24 December 1990. The 70-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 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 Dec 1990; Monday, 10:20
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1990910040351
Council area: Highland
Police force: Northern

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 9
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 30 mph

Junction information

Junction type: Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities: Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Waiting to go ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Back
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
70 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
54 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1990910040351 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 1990.