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A814 crash in Argyll and Bute on 4 August 1990 at 21:45 involving a lorry

A lorry and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute at 21:45 on Saturday 4 August 1990. The 26-year-old male driver of the other vehicle and a 19-year-old male passenger in the other vehicle were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Aug 1990
Saturday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Lorry and other vehicle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.14265, longitude -4.81181, in the G84 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199097LF00708
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
814
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 199097LF00708 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.