A861 crash in Highland on 6 May 2005 at 16:00 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A861 in Highland at 16:00 on Friday 6 May 2005. The 25-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy and the 55-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were 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
- 6 May 2005
- Friday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.75755, longitude -5.77287, in the PH36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200591NP03677
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 861
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 24%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 76%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 139 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 November 1985.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A861 in Highland, 26 November 1985
139 m awayRef 1985910080403
Slight
Rover Range Rover crash on the A861 in Highland, 1 June 2000
1.1 km awayRef 200091NP05209
Slight
Kawasaki KLZ1000 crash on the A861 in Highland, 26 July 2016
1.1 km awayRef 201691NP07257
Serious
Fiat Doblo crash on the A861 in Highland, 23 April 2023
1.8 km awayRef 2023991299900
Slight
Car crash on the A861 in Highland, 18 June 2008
1.9 km awayRef 200891NP16044
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A861 in Highland, 23 February 1991
1.9 km awayRef 1991910080077
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,295 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 200591NP03677 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.