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Serious A857 crash in Na h-Eileanan Siar on 15 November 1994 at 08:15 involving a Mazda 626

A Mazda 626 hit a pedestrian on the A857 in Na h-Eileanan Siar at 08:15 on Tuesday 15 November 1994. A 77-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Nov 1994
Tuesday, 08:15
Vehicles
1
Mazda 626
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.21299, longitude -6.38587, in the HS1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stornoway.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994910030249
Council area
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
857
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 5 February 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 626)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1994910030249 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 1994.