Serious B851 crash in Highland on 1 July 2001 at 03:25 involving a car
A car crashed on the B851 in Highland at 03:25 on Sunday 1 July 2001. A 23-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 23-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Jul 2001
- Sunday, 03:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.44966, longitude -4.11801, 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
- 200191NN22597
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 851
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 316 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 November 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the B851 in Highland, 1 November 1985
316 m awayRef 1985910090822
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B851 in Highland, 9 June 1998
583 m awayRef 199891N017553
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 18 June 2000
632 m awayRef 200091NN19582
Slight
Car crash on the B851 in Highland, 2 March 1982
762 m awayRef 1982910090172
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Highland, 24 May 2001
806 m awayRef 200191NN17540
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 21 October 1984
825 m awayRef 1984910090765
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 200191NN22597 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 2001.