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A835 crash in Highland on 4 January 2011 at 08:00 involving a Volkswagen Caddy van

A Volkswagen Caddy van crashed on the A835 in Highland at 08:00 on Tuesday 4 January 2011. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Jan 2011
Tuesday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Caddy
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.56105, longitude -4.55601, in the IV6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201191NE00098
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
835
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
Dark, no street lighting
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 149 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 June 1979.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Caddy

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Caddy)

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 201191NE00098 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 2011.