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B9159 crash in Highland on 18 August 2013 at 18:25

A vehicle crashed on the B9159 in Highland at 18:25 on Sunday 18 August 2013. The 58-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Aug 2013
Sunday, 18:25
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.44247, longitude -3.09068, in the KW1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wick and East Caithness, Highland, KW1 5EB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201391NJ12433
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
9159
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

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
19%
Estimated chance it was slight
81%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 38 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

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 201391NJ12433 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 2013.