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A859 crash in Na h-Eileanan Siar on 24 April 1995 at 21:10 involving a Mercedes 190

A Mercedes 190 crashed on the A859 in Na h-Eileanan Siar at 21:10 on Monday 24 April 1995. The 24-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Apr 1995
Monday, 21:10
Vehicles
1
Mercedes 190
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.17506, longitude -6.468, in the HS2 postcode district.

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

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995910031485
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 December 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes 190

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 190)

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 1995910031485 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.