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Serious A9 crash in Highland on 19 December 1998 at 09:30 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier crashed on the A9 in Highland at 09:30 on Saturday 19 December 1998. A 17-year-old female passenger and a 19-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 1998
Saturday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.00519, longitude -3.86639, in the KW9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199891J014764
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 3 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    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
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199891J014764 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 1998.