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Serious A859 crash in Na h-Eileanan Siar on 24 January 1991 at 17:50 involving a Volvo 360

A Volvo 360 and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A859 in Na h-Eileanan Siar at 17:50 on Thursday 24 January 1991. The 24-year-old male driver of the Volvo 360 and the 49-year-old male driver of the minibus were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jan 1991
Thursday, 17:50
Vehicles
2
Volvo 360 and minibus
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.21766, longitude -6.40689, in the HS2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Na h-Eileanan Siar

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991910030020
Council area
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
859
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
858

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 April 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 360

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 360)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

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 1991910030020 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Na h-Eileanan Siar road accident statistics for 1991.