B970 crash in Highland on 22 January 2018 at 15:19 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B970 in Highland at 15:19 on Monday 22 January 2018. The 69-year-old male cyclist 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: 22 Jan 2018; Monday, 15:19
Vehicles: 2; Car and bicycle
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 201891NM00477
Council area: Highland
Police force: Northern
Police attended the scene: Yes

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 970
Road type: Single carriageway
Speed limit: 60 mph

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: 42%
Estimated chance it was slight: 58%

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: 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
83 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North East
Travelling to
South West
Position at junction
Not at or within 20 metres of junction
Leaving the carriageway
Nearside
Hit object off carriageway
Entered ditch
First point of impact
Front
Left-hand drive
No
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
69 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Cyclist
Slight
Male, aged 69, 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 201891NM00477 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 2018.