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Serious A9 crash in Highland on 11 January 1998 at 13:10 involving an Alfa Romeo GTV

An Alfa Romeo GTV crashed on the A9 in Highland at 13:10 on Sunday 11 January 1998. The 44-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jan 1998
Sunday, 13:10
Vehicles
1
Alfa Romeo GTV
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.25315, longitude -3.8083, in the PH24 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199891M000247
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 with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 141 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 January 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo GTV

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo GTV)

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 199891M000247 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.