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Fatal A849 crash in Highland on 30 September 1990 at 18:20 involving a Ford P100 van

A Ford P100 van crashed on the A849 in Highland at 18:20 on Sunday 30 September 1990. The 41-year-old male driver was killed and a 42-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Sep 1990
Sunday, 18:20
Vehicles
1
Ford P100
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.52067, longitude -5.86275, in the PA80 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097LB04109
Council area
Highland
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
849
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 290 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford P100

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Submerged in water
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford P100)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford P100)

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 199097LB04109 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.