Serious B8007 crash in Highland on 18 February 2005 at 13:00 involving a Vauxhall Combo van
A Vauxhall Combo van and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the B8007 in Highland at 13:00 on Friday 18 February 2005. The 55-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 205 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Feb 2005
- Friday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and Peugeot 205
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.70317, longitude -6.00248, in the PH36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200591NP01354
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8007
- 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B8007 in Highland, 11 December 2005
20 m awayRef 200591NP10326
Slight
Car crash on the B8007 in Highland, 13 February 1983
1.4 km awayRef 1983910080027
Serious
Royal Enfield Himalayan crash on the B8007 in Highland, 7 September 2025
1.6 km awayRef 2025991638435
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B8007 in Highland, 25 March 2017
1.8 km awayRef 201791NP02349
Serious
Car crash on the B8007 in Highland, 12 January 1990
3.4 km awayRef 1990910080012
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B8007 in Highland, 23 November 2016
3.7 km awayRef 201691NP11310
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)
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 200591NP01354 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.