B8073 crash in Argyll and Bute on 6 August 1990 at 09:30 involving a Ford P100 van

A car and a Ford P100 van were involved in a crash on the B8073 in Argyll and Bute at 09:30 on Monday 6 August 1990. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford P100 van 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: 6 Aug 1990; Monday, 09:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and Ford P100
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 199097LB02108
Council area: Argyll and Bute
Police force: Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 8073
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

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
North
Travelling to
South
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Offside
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
27 years
Vehicle 2: Ford P100
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
North
Skidding and overturning
Skidded
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
30 years
Engine capacity
1,993 cc
Fuel or propulsion
Petrol
Vehicle age
1 year

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford P100)

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 199097LB02108 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.