Serious A939 crash in Highland on 15 July 2019 at 11:10 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A939 in Highland at 11:10 on Monday 15 July 2019. The 63-year-old male rider of vehicle 3 and the 58-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Jul 2019
- Monday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 207 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.42394, longitude -3.66048, in the PH26 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019910858496
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Northern
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 939
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 2021.
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the A939 in Highland, 16 May 2021
1 m awayRef 2021991045849
Serious
Renault 18 crash on the A939 in Highland, 2 May 1996
24 m awayRef 199691M003051
Serious
Car crash on the A939 in Highland, 17 April 2001
24 m awayRef 200191NM04715
Slight
Car crash on the A939 in Highland, 14 August 2015
37 m awayRef 201591NM06843
Serious
Car crash on the A939 in Highland, 25 July 2023
67 m awayRef 2023991333797
Slight
Car crash on the A939 in Highland, 11 December 1989
87 m awayRef 1989910100293
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 63, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
Casualty 2: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
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 2019910858496 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 2019.