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Serious B833 crash in Argyll and Bute on 15 January 1981 at 20:15 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the B833 in Argyll and Bute at 20:15 on Thursday 15 January 1981. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jan 1981
Thursday, 20:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.07461, longitude -4.83899, in the G84 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198197LF02101
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
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198197LF02101 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.