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Unclassified road crash in Highland IV2 on 5 September 1998 at 19:40 involving an MZ motorcycle

An MZ motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Highland at 19:40 on Saturday 5 September 1998. The 6-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Sep 1998
Saturday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
MZ and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.48952, longitude -4.14699, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199891N027053
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MZ

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199891N027053 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.