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Serious B853 crash in Highland on 24 August 1990 at 12:20 involving a car

A car crashed on the B853 in Highland at 12:20 on Friday 24 August 1990. All four casualties were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Aug 1990
Friday, 12:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
4
4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.47239, longitude -4.20269, in the IV2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Inverness.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990910090774
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
853
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 92 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1990910090774 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.