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A815 crash in Argyll and Bute on 26 January 1983 at 01:20 involving a car

A car crashed on the A815 in Argyll and Bute at 01:20 on Wednesday 26 January 1983. The 62-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1983
Wednesday, 01:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.98819, longitude -4.95934, in the PA23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandbank.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198397LD82401
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
815
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 62, 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 198397LD82401 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.