Serious A832 crash in Highland on 13 November 2006 at 08:08 involving a Mercedes 300
Four vehicles, including a Mercedes 300 and a Renault Kangoo van, were involved in a crash on the A832 in Highland at 08:08 on Monday 13 November 2006. The 31-year-old male driver of the Mercedes 300 and the 23-year-old male driver of the Renault Kangoo van were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Nov 2006
- Monday, 08:08
- Vehicles
- 4
- Mercedes 300 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.56793, longitude -4.19511, in the IV9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200691NE28867
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 832
- 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
- Other
- 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, 193 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 July 2011.
Serious
Audi A6 crash on the A832 in Highland, 2 July 2011
193 m awayRef 201191NE08835
Serious
Bicycle crash on a C road in Highland, 9 May 1982
215 m awayRef 1982910060100
Serious
Rover Range Rover crash on the A832 in Highland, 21 January 1996
219 m awayRef 199691E001446
Serious
Nissan Bluebird crash on the A832 in Highland, 31 January 1997
300 m awayRef 199791E002307
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the A832 in Highland, 14 June 2010
323 m awayRef 201091NE08671
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A832 in Highland, 29 January 2017
381 m awayRef 201791NE01403
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,962 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Kangoo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 4: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 23, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Kangoo)
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 200691NE28867 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 2006.