A9 crash in Highland on 1 May 2011 at 13:15 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a car were involved in a crash on the A9 in Highland at 13:15 on Sunday 1 May 2011. The 45-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and a 44-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2011
- Sunday, 13:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.3464, longitude -4.00386, in the IV13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201191NN14460
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 9
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 October 1995.
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 10 October 1995
10 m awayRef 199591N028663
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A9 in Highland, 1 August 1999
10 m awayRef 199991NN23124
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A9 in Highland, 4 September 1995
10 m awayRef 199591N024335
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A9 in Highland, 24 May 1997
10 m awayRef 199791N016076
Serious
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A9 in Highland, 23 August 2002
22 m awayRef 200291NN30257
Serious
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A9 in Highland, 7 November 2007
86 m awayRef 200791NN40496
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201191NN14460 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.