A890 crash in Highland on 26 August 2012 at 12:33 involving a Renault Scenic
A Renault Scenic and a Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A890 in Highland at 12:33 on Sunday 26 August 2012. The 47-year-old male rider of the Yamaha FZS 1000 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2012
- Sunday, 12:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Scenic and Yamaha FZS 1000
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.37493, longitude -5.49461, in the IV54 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201291NP09472
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 890
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 2000.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A890 in Highland, 8 August 2000
At the same spotRef 200091NE18503
Serious
Car crash on the A890 in Highland, 18 May 1983
721 m awayRef 1983910060125
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A890 in Highland, 19 October 2023
1.2 km awayRef 2023991365263
Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the A890 in Highland, 23 July 2003
1.6 km awayRef 200391NE18042
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A890 in Highland, 7 July 2001
1.6 km awayRef 200191NE16596
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 30 January 1991
1.8 km awayRef 1991910060060
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Scenic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha FZS 1000
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 47, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha FZS 1000)
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 201291NP09472 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 2012.