A862 crash in Highland on 15 December 1997 at 12:05 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A862 in Highland at 12:05 on Monday 15 December 1997. The 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and the 34-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 1997
- Monday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.59233, longitude -4.42413, in the IV15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dingwall.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199791E026302
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 862
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2005.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A862 in Highland, 24 August 2005
10 m awayRef 200591NE20935
Slight
Volkswagen crash on the A862 in Highland, 21 February 2013
19 m awayRef 201391NE02219
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 31 March 2011
95 m awayRef 201191NE04144
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A864 in Highland, 3 November 1982
100 m awayRef 1982910060305
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 18 April 1980
100 m awayRef 1980910060094
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A862 in Highland, 27 March 1993
100 m awayRef 1993910060071
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 199791E026302 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.