A865 crash in Na h-Eileanan Siar on 22 February 2009 at 19:00 involving a Peugeot 406
A Peugeot 406 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar at 19:00 on Sunday 22 February 2009. The 28-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2009
- Sunday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 406 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.40683, longitude -7.32607, in the HS7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Na h-Eileanan Siar
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200991NH00971
- Council area
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles)
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 865
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 112 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 May 1979.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 18 May 1979
112 m awayRef 1979910030090
Serious
Car crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 3 November 1982
206 m awayRef 1982910030211
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 2 September 2015
282 m awayRef 201591NH04875
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 9 December 1998
291 m awayRef 199891H006971
Serious
Car crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 5 April 1983
358 m awayRef 1983910030053
Fatal
Audi A4 crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 18 September 2014
362 m awayRef 201491NH05161
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200991NH00971 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Na h-Eileanan Siar road accident statistics for 2009.