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A9 crash in Highland on 15 January 2020 at 09:30 involving a Toyota Hilux

A Toyota Hilux and a Hyundai Tucson were involved in a crash on the A9 in Highland at 09:30 on Wednesday 15 January 2020. The 54-year-old male driver of the Toyota Hilux was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Jan 2020
Wednesday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Toyota Hilux and Hyundai Tucson
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.51469, longitude -3.45128, in the KW12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020990919481
Council area
Highland
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
9
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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 119 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Tucson

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,591 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)

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 2020990919481 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 2020.