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B866 crash in Argyll and Bute on 7 July 1990 at 16:45 involving a Lada 1600

A Lada 1600 hit two pedestrians on the B866 in Argyll and Bute at 16:45 on Saturday 7 July 1990. A 14-year-old male pedestrian and a 23-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jul 1990
Saturday, 16:45
Vehicles
1
Lada 1600
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.93522, longitude -5.1731, in the PA22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097LD00307
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
866
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 143 metres away, was a fatal crash on 4 September 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lada 1600

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,570 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Lada 1600)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Lada 1600)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199097LD00307 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.