Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious A863 crash in Highland on 12 May 2025 at 15:47 involving a BYD Seal Design EV

A BYD Seal Design EV and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A863 in Highland at 15:47 on Monday 12 May 2025. The 68-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 May 2025
Monday, 15:47
Vehicles
2
BYD Seal Design EV and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 57.36849, longitude -6.44193, in the IV56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Highland

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025991589074
Council area
Highland
Police force
Police Scotland
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
863
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
Dark, no street lighting
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, 59 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 October 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BYD Seal Design EV

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    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
    Female
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle, engine size unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, motorcyclist (engine size unknown), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately 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 2025991589074 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 2025.