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Serious A87 crash in Highland on 8 March 2000 at 19:00 involving a Subaru Impreza

A Subaru Impreza and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A87 in Highland at 19:00 on Wednesday 8 March 2000. The 52-year-old male driver of the Subaru Impreza, a 57-year-old female passenger in the Subaru Impreza and the 44-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Mar 2000
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Subaru Impreza and Toyota Corolla
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.35139, longitude -5.38091, in the PA34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200091NE05186
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
87
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3.1 km away, was a serious injury crash on 19 June 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Impreza)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)

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 200091NE05186 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 2000.