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Serious A887 crash in Highland on 22 December 1995 at 16:00 involving a Honda Concerto

A Honda Concerto crashed on the A887 in Highland at 16:00 on Friday 22 December 1995. A 31-year-old male passenger was seriously injured.

It happened after dark on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Dec 1995
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Honda Concerto
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.16089, longitude -4.89531, in the IV63 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199591N037120
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
887
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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 300 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Concerto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Concerto)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199591N037120 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.