A9 crash in Highland on 25 October 2005 at 17:00 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Land Rover Defender were involved in a crash on the A9 in Highland at 17:00 on Tuesday 25 October 2005. The 67-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and a 61-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Defender were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 2005
- Tuesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Land Rover Defender
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.95583, longitude -4.07172, in the IV25 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200591NJ14799
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 9
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 25%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 75%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 48 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2019.
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 12 June 2019
48 m awayRef 201991NE02753
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 11 February 1988
50 m awayRef 1988910050013
Serious
Honda crash on the A9 in Highland, 5 September 2012
58 m awayRef 201291NJ11921
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 21 July 2006
81 m awayRef 200691NJ09749
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A839 in Highland, 15 September 1985
250 m awayRef 1985910050112
Slight
Vanden Plas Princess crash on the A9 in Highland, 17 August 1990
250 m awayRef 1990910050157
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Defender)
- 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 200591NJ14799 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 2005.