Serious A82 crash in Highland on 8 September 2021 at 14:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Toyota Prius were involved in a crash on the A82 in Highland at 14:30 on Wednesday 8 September 2021. A 59-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was seriously 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
- 8 Sep 2021
- Wednesday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.36495, longitude -4.39221, in the IV3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021991085503
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 82
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 2003.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A82 in Highland, 21 January 2003
6 m awayRef 200391NN02257
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the A82 in Highland, 25 August 2015
22 m awayRef 201591NN23779
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the A82 in Highland, 18 July 2003
34 m awayRef 200391NN25359
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A82 in Highland, 4 August 2010
34 m awayRef 201091NN25899
Slight
Hyundai i800 crash on the A82 in Highland, 4 August 2012
34 m awayRef 201291NN24367
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A82 in Highland, 29 November 2010
34 m awayRef 201091NN39994
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Less 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 2021991085503 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 2021.