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A816 crash in Argyll and Bute on 23 July 1990 at 14:15 involving a Kawasaki ZG1000 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZG1000 motorcycle and a Ford minibus were involved in a crash on the A816 in Argyll and Bute at 14:15 on Monday 23 July 1990. A 34-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki ZG1000 motorcycle 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
Slight
Date
23 Jul 1990
Monday, 14:15
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki ZG1000 and Ford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.17284, longitude -5.46344, in the PA31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097LC02207
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
816
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, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZG1000

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZG1000)

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 199097LC02207 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.