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Serious A9 crash in Highland on 17 August 1990 at 14:30 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego and a car were involved in a crash on the A9 in Highland at 14:30 on Friday 17 August 1990. A 25-year-old male passenger in the Austin Montego and the 27-year-old male driver of the car were seriously injured and the 28-year-old female driver of the Austin Montego was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Aug 1990
Friday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Montego and car
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.38643, longitude -4.0794, in the IV13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990910090748
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 149 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1990910090748 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.