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Serious A859 crash in Na h-Eileanan Siar on 22 December 1994 at 17:35 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra hit a pedestrian on the A859 in Na h-Eileanan Siar at 17:35 on Thursday 22 December 1994. A 47-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1994
Thursday, 17:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.15793, longitude -6.49478, in the HS2 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994910030288
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
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    2,304 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1994910030288 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.