Serious A86 crash in Highland on 19 May 2024 at 10:35 involving a Peugeot Boxer van
A Peugeot Boxer van, a car and a KTM 1290 Superduke motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A86 in Highland at 10:35 on Sunday 19 May 2024. The 56-year-old male rider of the KTM 1290 Superduke motorcycle 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
- 19 May 2024
- Sunday, 10:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot Boxer and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.98894, longitude -4.33069, in the PH20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Highland
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024991445650
- Council area
- Highland
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 86
- 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, 124 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 1979.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A86 in Highland, 21 July 1979
124 m awayRef 1979910100283
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A86 in Highland, 2 December 1983
177 m awayRef 1983910100241
Serious
Van crash on the A86 in Highland, 9 May 1980
185 m awayRef 1980910100129
Serious
Car crash on the A86 in Highland, 1 June 2019
206 m awayRef 201991NM01108
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A86 in Highland, 12 January 1997
260 m awayRef 199791M000297
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A86 in Highland, 22 June 1996
260 m awayRef 199691M004502
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Boxer
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 3: KTM 1290 Superduke
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,301 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (KTM 1290 Superduke)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
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 2024991445650 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 2024.