A862 crash in Highland on 18 November 2022 at 13:32 involving a Renault Laguna
A car and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the A862 in Highland at 13:32 on Friday 18 November 2022. The 29-year-old male driver of the car and the 69-year-old male driver of the Renault Laguna were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Nov 2022
- Friday, 13:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.54835, longitude -4.44379, in the IV7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022991244032
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 862
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 July 2017.
Serious
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A862 in Highland, 5 July 2017
7 m awayRef 201791NE09447
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A862 in Highland, 25 July 2019
10 m awayRef 2019910862568
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 17 December 1979
69 m awayRef 1979910060387
Fatal
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 8 June 1982
69 m awayRef 1982910060129
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A862 in Highland, 10 July 2001
69 m awayRef 200191NE16794
Slight
Minibus crash on the A862 in Highland, 5 February 1988
69 m awayRef 1988910060041
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022991244032 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 2022.