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B878 crash in Argyll and Bute on 5 May 1990 at 01:20 involving a Datsun 180

A Datsun 180 crashed on the B878 in Argyll and Bute at 01:20 on Saturday 5 May 1990. The 16-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 May 1990
Saturday, 01:20
Vehicles
1
Datsun 180
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.82999, longitude -5.06869, in the PA20 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097LD10105
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
878
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 224 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun 180

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    1,770 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun 180)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun 180)

    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 199097LD10105 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.