B844 crash in Argyll and Bute on 12 June 1980 at 11:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute at 11:00 on Thursday 12 June 1980. The 21-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and a 48-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were 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
- 12 Jun 1980
- Thursday, 11:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.33418, longitude -5.54441, in the PA34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198097LB53706
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Police force
- Strathclyde
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 844
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 17 October 2016
26 m awayRef 201697LB02910
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 28 May 2007
41 m awayRef 200797LB71105
Serious
Optare crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 25 September 2025
176 m awayRef 2025991646574
Slight
Car crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 13 March 1981
361 m awayRef 198197LB50503
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 28 October 2018
437 m awayRef 201897LB02810
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B844 in Argyll and Bute, 9 October 1992
510 m awayRef 199297LB01010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198097LB53706 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.