Unclassified road crash in Highland IV24 on 27 March 2023 at 10:10 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Highland at 10:10 on Monday 27 March 2023. The 22-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Mar 2023
- Monday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Audi A1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.86662, longitude -4.35063, in the IV24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023991291163
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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, 432 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 22 January 1983
432 m awayRef 1983910050006
Slight
Lorry crash on the A9 in Highland, 24 October 1986
479 m awayRef 1986910050207
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A9 in Highland, 11 July 1990
496 m awayRef 1990910050117
Slight
Car crash on the A9 in Highland, 24 October 1981
531 m awayRef 1981910050183
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A836 in Highland, 5 October 1996
532 m awayRef 199691J011776
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A836 in Highland, 8 September 2004
538 m awayRef 200491NJ12020
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2023991291163 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 2023.