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A9 crash in Highland on 25 March 1997 at 19:15 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro crashed on the A9 in Highland at 19:15 on Tuesday 25 March 1997. A 17-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Mar 1997
Tuesday, 19:15
Vehicles
1
Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.51656, longitude -4.29553, in the IV1 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199791E006374
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    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 199791E006374 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 1997.