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B849 crash in Argyll and Bute on 14 August 1990 at 10:35 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Leyland lorry were involved in a crash on the B849 in Argyll and Bute at 10:35 on Tuesday 14 August 1990. A 28-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 29-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were 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
14 Aug 1990
Tuesday, 10:35
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Leyland
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.36929, longitude -5.17834, in the PA35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097LB02508
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
849
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, 527 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 199097LB02508 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.