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Serious A857 crash in Argyll and Bute on 18 August 1990 at 12:20 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A857 in Argyll and Bute at 12:20 on Saturday 18 August 1990. The 33-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was seriously injured and a 29-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Aug 1990
Saturday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.43385, longitude -5.45308, in the PA34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097LB03608
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
857
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 April 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,052 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199097LB03608 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.