Serious B862 crash in Highland on 15 October 2014 at 23:20 involving an MG ZS
An MG ZS crashed on the B862 in Highland at 23:20 on Wednesday 15 October 2014. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Oct 2014
- Wednesday, 23:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- MG ZS
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.39599, longitude -4.32051, in the IV2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201491NN29631
- 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
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 53 metres away, was a fatal crash on 24 November 1995.
Fatal
Ford Fiesta crash on the B862 in Highland, 24 November 1995
53 m awayRef 199591N033937
Serious
Renault Trafic crash on the B862 in Highland, 20 April 2021
57 m awayRef 2021991038262
Slight
Car crash on the B862 in Highland, 30 January 2008
181 m awayRef 200891NN03325
Slight
Car crash on the B862 in Highland, 6 September 1987
184 m awayRef 1987910090602
Serious
Car crash on the B862 in Highland, 8 August 1986
184 m awayRef 1986910090542
Slight
Car crash on the B852 in Highland, 24 February 1992
192 m awayRef 1992910090149
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: MG ZS
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,588 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZS)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZS)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZS)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG ZS)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201491NN29631 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.