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A87 crash in Highland on 27 June 2000 at 18:15 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo crashed on the A87 in Highland at 18:15 on Tuesday 27 June 2000. The 77-year-old male driver and a 76-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jun 2000
Tuesday, 18:15
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.45107, longitude -6.26247, in the IV51 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200091NE14830
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
No

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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

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 serious injury crash on 20 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200091NE14830 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.