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Serious A815 crash in Argyll and Bute on 31 March 1990 at 15:15 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Subaru Subaru were involved in a crash on the A815 in Argyll and Bute at 15:15 on Saturday 31 March 1990. A 60-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Nova and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Subaru Subaru were seriously injured and the 41-year-old male driver of the Subaru Subaru 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
31 Mar 1990
Saturday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Subaru Subaru
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.17572, longitude -5.08334, in the PA27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097LD02403
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
815
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, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Subaru Subaru

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Nova)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Subaru)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Subaru)

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 199097LD02403 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.