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Serious A82 crash in Argyll and Bute on 16 January 1988 at 08:00 involving a van

A van crashed on the A82 in Argyll and Bute at 08:00 on Saturday 16 January 1988. There were seven casualties: one person was seriously injured and six were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jan 1988
Saturday, 08:00
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
7
1 seriously injured, 6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.05912, longitude -4.64668, in the G83 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198897LF02201
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
82
Road type
Dual 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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: 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, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198897LF02201 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 1988.