B863 crash in Highland on 6 September 2015 at 07:25 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A car and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the B863 in Highland at 07:25 on Sunday 6 September 2015. The 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van, a 28-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vivaro van and the 49-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2015
- Sunday, 07:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.69863, longitude -5.06231, in the PH50 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201591NP10146
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 863
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 42%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 58%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 102 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 1992.
Slight
Car crash on the B863 in Highland, 8 August 1992
102 m awayRef 1992910080313
Slight
Honda crash on the B863 in Highland, 28 July 2000
102 m awayRef 200091NP07629
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B863 in Highland, 7 December 2002
191 m awayRef 200291NP11159
Serious
Fiat Bravo crash on the B863 in Highland, 3 December 2007
419 m awayRef 200791NP09884
Serious
Car crash on the B863 in Highland, 30 August 1984
512 m awayRef 1984910080227
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the B863 in Highland, 31 March 2007
548 m awayRef 200791NP02422
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 201591NP10146 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.