A9 crash in Highland on 15 August 2020 at 09:00 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza and a Jaguar E-Pace were involved in a crash on the A9 in Highland at 09:00 on Saturday 15 August 2020. The 35-year-old male driver of the Jaguar E-Pace and the 47-year-old female driver of the Seat Ibiza were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Aug 2020
- Saturday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Ibiza and Jaguar E-Pace
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.88356, longitude -4.25253, in the PH19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990972723
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- T or staggered 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
- 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, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 July 2023.
Serious
MAN crash on the A9 in Highland, 9 July 2023
21 m awayRef 2023991327963
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A9 in Highland, 15 May 2002
42 m awayRef 200291NM07140
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 25 August 1990
54 m awayRef 1990910100212
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 15 September 1990
54 m awayRef 1990910100248
Slight
Kia Sorento crash on the A9 in Highland, 21 January 2010
96 m awayRef 201091NM00758
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on the A9 in Highland, 3 December 2008
105 m awayRef 200891NM15835
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Jaguar E-Pace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Jaguar E-Pace)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2020990972723 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.