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Serious A887 crash in Highland on 26 May 1992 at 16:05 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and two cars were involved in a crash on the A887 in Highland at 16:05 on Tuesday 26 May 1992. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and the 66-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured and a 67-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 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
Serious
Date
26 May 1992
Tuesday, 16:05
Vehicles
3
Motorcycle and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.2144, longitude -4.67092, in the IV63 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992910090391
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
887
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, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 November 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, 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 1992910090391 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 1992.