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Serious B862 crash in Highland on 24 May 1999 at 16:15 involving a BMW R 1100 RT motorcycle

A BMW R 1100 RT motorcycle crashed on the B862 in Highland at 16:15 on Monday 24 May 1999. The 47-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 May 1999
Monday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
BMW R 1100 RT
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.35952, longitude -4.33728, in the IV2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199991NN15390
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
862
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW R 1100 RT

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,085 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (BMW R 1100 RT)

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 199991NN15390 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 1999.