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A851 crash in Highland on 26 January 1995 at 11:00 involving a Leyland DAF FTG 95 lorry

A Leyland DAF FTG 95 lorry and a Renault Master van were involved in a crash on the A851 in Highland at 11:00 on Thursday 26 January 1995. The 39-year-old male driver of the Renault Master van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1995
Thursday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Leyland DAF FTG 95 and Renault Master
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.1583, longitude -5.80001, in the IV43 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995910060009
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
851
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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 224 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FTG 95

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault Master

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Master)

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 1995910060009 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 1995.