Serious A895 crash in Highland on 9 June 1991 at 07:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A895 in Highland at 07:50 on Sunday 9 June 1991. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Jun 1991
- Sunday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.34805, longitude -3.39748, in the KW5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1991910040146
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 895
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1983.
Slight
Van crash on the A895 in Highland, 29 November 1983
100 m awayRef 1983910040318
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A895 in Highland, 12 August 1980
100 m awayRef 1980910040213
Slight
Car crash on the A895 in Highland, 22 October 1986
100 m awayRef 1986910040297
Slight
Car crash on the A895 in Highland, 3 January 1986
141 m awayRef 1986910040007
Slight
Car crash on the A895 in Highland, 19 October 1980
200 m awayRef 1980910040289
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A9 in Highland, 16 November 2002
224 m awayRef 200291NJ15935
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- On lay-by or hard shoulder
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Back
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 1991910040146 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 1991.