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Serious A849 crash in Argyll and Bute on 22 June 1980 at 21:45 involving a car

A car crashed on the A849 in Argyll and Bute at 21:45 on Sunday 22 June 1980. The 37-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Jun 1980
Sunday, 21:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.39674, longitude -5.91503, in the PA70 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198097LB61306
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
849
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 224 metres away, was a fatal crash on 12 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198097LB61306 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.