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Serious unclassified road crash in Highland PH33 on 15 September 1998 at 15:35 involving a Nissan Serena taxi

A Nissan Serena taxi hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Highland at 15:35 on Tuesday 15 September 1998. A 91-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 79-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 15:35
Vehicles
1
Nissan Serena
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.82459, longitude -5.08896, in the PH33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fort William.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199891P008596
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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 17 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Serena

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Serena)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 91, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Serena)

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 199891P008596 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.