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A848 crash in Argyll and Bute on 9 May 1990 at 18:00 involving a Nissan Cabstar van

A Nissan Cabstar van crashed on the A848 in Argyll and Bute at 18:00 on Wednesday 9 May 1990. The 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 May 1990
Wednesday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Nissan Cabstar
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.60782, longitude -6.0347, in the PA75 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097LB01605
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
848
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 500 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Cabstar

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,952 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Cabstar)

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 199097LB01605 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 1990.