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Serious A850 crash in Highland on 27 May 1990 at 23:00 involving a Toyota Carina

A Toyota Carina and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A850 in Highland at 23:00 on Sunday 27 May 1990. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured and the 30-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina and a 28-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 May 1990
Sunday, 23:00
Vehicles
2
Toyota Carina and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.43877, longitude -6.55951, in the IV55 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990910070047
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
850
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Carina)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

    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 1990910070047 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.