Serious B892 crash in Na h-Eileanan Siar on 6 October 1999 at 19:40 involving a Hyundai Accent
A Hyundai Accent hit a pedestrian on the B892 in Na h-Eileanan Siar at 19:40 on Wednesday 6 October 1999. A 46-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Oct 1999
- Wednesday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Hyundai Accent
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.47321, longitude -5.67421, in the IV54 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Na h-Eileanan Siar
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199991NH06152
- Council area
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles)
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 892
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1.8 km away, was a serious injury crash on 9 October 1999.
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 9 October 1999
1.8 km awayRef 199991NH06213
Slight
Minibus crash on the B892 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 23 October 1999
1.8 km awayRef 199991NH06506
Slight
Car crash on the B9090 in Highland, 20 September 1980
3.1 km awayRef 1980910110103
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A96 in Highland, 17 July 1995
3.8 km awayRef 199591N017876
Slight
Bus crash on the A896 in Highland, 18 August 1983
4.1 km awayRef 1983910060221
Slight
Car crash on the A896 in Highland, 13 November 1987
4.1 km awayRef 1987910060330
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Accent
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,341 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
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 199991NH06152 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Na h-Eileanan Siar road accident statistics for 1999.