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Serious A85 crash in Argyll and Bute on 3 October 1980 at 23:30 involving a car

A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute at 23:30 on Friday 3 October 1980. A 28-year-old female passenger in the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Oct 1980
Friday, 23:30
Vehicles
2
Car and taxi
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.36973, longitude -5.05365, in the PA33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19809380W1533
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Tayside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
85
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 283 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 19809380W1533 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Argyll and Bute road accident statistics for 1980.