B833 crash in Argyll and Bute on 11 April 1981 at 11:15 involving a car
A car crashed on the B833 in Argyll and Bute at 11:15 on Saturday 11 April 1981. A 32-year-old male passenger and the 36-year-old male driver were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Apr 1981
- Saturday, 11:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02093, longitude -4.86715, in the G84 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198197LF01404
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Police force
- Strathclyde
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 833
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 141 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 August 1980.
Serious
Car crash on the B833 in Argyll and Bute, 3 August 1980
141 m awayRef 198097LF00508
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 25 June 1991
300 m awayRef 199197LF03906
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B833 in Argyll and Bute, 25 April 2014
319 m awayRef 201497LA04004
Serious
Volvo V40 crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 22 November 2025
380 m awayRef 2025991672176
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 24 March 2000
385 m awayRef 200097LA04603
Slight
Bus crash on the B833 in Argyll and Bute, 9 August 1988
412 m awayRef 198897LF01608
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, 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 198197LF01404 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 1981.