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A83 crash in Argyll and Bute on 14 August 1990 at 08:30 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a Freight Rover van were involved in a crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute at 08:30 on Tuesday 14 August 1990. The 52-year-old male driver of the Freight Rover van, a 53-year-old male passenger in the Freight Rover van and the 42-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Aug 1990
Tuesday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Freight Rover
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.85724, longitude -5.43208, in the PA29 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097LC02108
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
83
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
8024

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 73 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Freight Rover

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Freight Rover)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 199097LC02108 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.