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Serious B842 crash in Argyll and Bute on 7 October 1983 at 23:40 involving a car

A car crashed on the B842 in Argyll and Bute at 23:40 on Friday 7 October 1983. The 21-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Oct 1983
Friday, 23:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.42448, longitude -5.71851, in the PA28 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198397LC65810
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
842
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, 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 198397LC65810 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 1983.