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B870 crash in Highland on 29 April 2015 at 13:30 involving a goods vehicle

A goods vehicle crashed on the B870 in Highland at 13:30 on Wednesday 29 April 2015. The 46-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 2015
Wednesday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Goods vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.52445, longitude -3.56281, in the KW14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201591NJ02728
Council area
Highland
Police force
Northern
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
870
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
Raining 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
30%
Estimated chance it was slight
70%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 893 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    11,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown), in vehicle 1 (Goods 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 201591NJ02728 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 2015.