B9161 crash in Highland on 20 December 2000 at 10:35 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B9161 in Highland at 10:35 on Wednesday 20 December 2000. The 47-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Dec 2000
- Wednesday, 10:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.53603, longitude -4.2667, in the IV8 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200091NE30024
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 9161
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 374 metres away, was a fatal crash on 17 January 2010.
Fatal
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the B9161 in Highland, 17 January 2010
374 m awayRef 201091NE00716
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 11 April 2005
427 m awayRef 200591NE08683
Serious
Peugeot 405 crash on the B9161 in Highland, 14 October 1998
447 m awayRef 199891E020547
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 2 July 1983
510 m awayRef 1983910060182
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 14 March 1979
781 m awayRef 1979910060080
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 30 March 2012
857 m awayRef 201291NE04196
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 200091NE30024 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.