Unclassified road crash in Highland IV1 on 14 February 2016 at 16:30 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Highland at 16:30 on Sunday 14 February 2016. The 31-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Feb 2016
- Sunday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alexander Dennis and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.48048, longitude -4.22915, in the IV1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Inverness. It is one of the crashes that make up the Inverness Central, Highland, IV1 1RN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201691NN03872
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- 23%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 77%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2002.
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 3 December 2002
50 m awayRef 200291NN42399
Slight
Car crash on the A82 in Highland, 19 November 1988
63 m awayRef 1988910090836
Slight
Car crash on the A82 in Highland, 29 July 1991
63 m awayRef 1991910090578
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 27 April 1985
63 m awayRef 1985910090265
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 22 November 1980
63 m awayRef 1980910090977
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Highland, 11 September 1986
63 m awayRef 1986910090614
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 31, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201691NN03872 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 2016.