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Serious unclassified road crash in Highland IV2 on 27 May 1998 at 08:53 involving a DAF Trucks bus

A DAF Trucks bus hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Highland at 08:53 on Wednesday 27 May 1998. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 May 1998
Wednesday, 08:53
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.4916, longitude -4.13043, in the IV2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cradlehall.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199891N016161
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, 55 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 199891N016161 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.