B862 crash in Highland on 16 August 2014 at 14:00 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B862 in Highland at 14:00 on Saturday 16 August 2014. The 61-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta 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
- 16 Aug 2014
- Saturday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.28981, longitude -4.35629, in the IV2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201491NN23500
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 862
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 92 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2022.
Slight
Toyota C-HR crash on the B862 in Highland, 29 July 2022
92 m awayRef 2022991203908
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B851 in Highland, 27 April 2024
271 m awayRef 2024991436396
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B851 in Highland, 23 September 1994
303 m awayRef 1994910090673
Serious
Nissan Primera crash on the B862 in Highland, 22 December 2006
365 m awayRef 200691NN48330
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B862 in Highland, 21 June 2003
378 m awayRef 200391NN21792
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the B851 in Highland, 16 August 2006
390 m awayRef 200691NN31395
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201491NN23500 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 2014.