Serious A99 crash in Highland on 20 September 2020 at 11:00 involving a Ford C-Max
A Ford C-Max and a car were involved in a crash on the A99 in Highland at 11:00 on Sunday 20 September 2020. A 53-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford C-Max was seriously injured and a 52-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford C-Max and the 83-year-old male driver of the Ford C-Max were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Sep 2020
- Sunday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford C-Max and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 58.33955, longitude -3.17303, in the KW2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020990982612
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 99
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
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, 79 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 September 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 5 September 1980
79 m awayRef 1980910040247
Slight
Lorry crash on the A99 in Highland, 11 January 2014
136 m awayRef 201491NJ00551
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A9 in Highland, 24 September 1985
160 m awayRef 1985910040265
Slight
Car crash on the A99 in Highland, 13 July 2006
452 m awayRef 200691NJ09307
Fatal
Volkswagen LT 35 crash on the A99 in Highland, 12 October 2007
513 m awayRef 200791NJ13602
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A99 in Highland, 28 July 1997
521 m awayRef 199791J009079
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 53, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford C-Max)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 52, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford C-Max)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford C-Max)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2020990982612 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.