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Serious B833 crash in Argyll and Bute on 22 September 1985 at 21:30 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the B833 in Argyll and Bute at 21:30 on Sunday 22 September 1985. A 19-year-old male passenger in the van was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Sep 1985
Sunday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.07275, longitude -4.84207, 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
198597LF02809
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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 October 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 198597LF02809 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 1985.