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Fatal A859 crash in Na h-Eileanan Siar on 16 January 1995 at 12:15 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender and a car were involved in a crash on the A859 in Na h-Eileanan Siar at 12:15 on Monday 16 January 1995. The 29-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Defender was killed.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Jan 1995
Monday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Defender and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.96088, longitude -6.74419, in the HS3 postcode district.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995910030029
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 66 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 June 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Defender)

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 1995910030029 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 1995.