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A895 crash in Na h-Eileanan Siar on 24 December 1998 at 07:42 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier crashed on the A895 in Na h-Eileanan Siar at 07:42 on Thursday 24 December 1998. The 20-year-old male 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 Dec 1998
Thursday, 07:42
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.27106, longitude -6.31795, 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
199891H007369
Council area
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Police force
Northern
Highway authority
Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles)

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
895
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, 58 metres away, was a fatal crash on 15 January 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199891H007369 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 1998.