A865 crash in Na h-Eileanan Siar on 8 November 2013 at 08:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar at 08:20 on Friday 8 November 2013. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Nov 2013
- Friday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.52302, longitude -7.31414, in the HS6 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
- 201391NH06301
- 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
- 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 with 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
- 15%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 85%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 December 2002.
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 30 December 2002
45 m awayRef 200291NH09509
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 14 June 1990
155 m awayRef 1990910030164
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 10 January 2016
169 m awayRef 201691NH00213
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 21 August 2015
421 m awayRef 201591NH04662
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 8 December 2010
889 m awayRef 201091NH06425
Slight
Car crash on the A865 in Na h-Eileanan Siar, 18 July 2003
1.1 km awayRef 200391NH05190
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 201391NH06301 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 2013.