Serious A82 crash in Highland on 3 October 2024 at 12:04 involving a Dacia Duster
A car and a Dacia Duster were involved in a crash on the A82 in Highland at 12:04 on Thursday 3 October 2024. A 37-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Dacia Duster and the 67-year-old male driver of the Dacia Duster were seriously injured and a 61-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Dacia Duster was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Oct 2024
- Thursday, 12:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Dacia Duster
- Casualties
- 3
- 2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.36408, longitude -4.3931, 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
- 2024991499160
- 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
- Other junction
- 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
- 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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2010.
Slight
HGV crash on the A82 in Highland, 18 August 2010
16 m awayRef 201091NN27670
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on the A82 in Highland, 14 August 2025
24 m awayRef 2025991642414
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A82 in Highland, 23 August 2004
34 m awayRef 200491NN28470
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A82 in Highland, 23 August 2005
38 m awayRef 200591NN29042
Serious
Car crash on the A82 in Highland, 5 September 1986
53 m awayRef 1986910090605
Slight
Car crash on the A82 in Highland, 15 August 1990
53 m awayRef 1990910090692
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Dacia Duster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 37, hit by vehicle 2 (Dacia Duster)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
Casualty 3: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 61, hit by vehicle 2 (Dacia Duster)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
Casualty 4: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dacia Duster)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2024991499160 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.