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Serious B8073 crash in Argyll and Bute on 27 February 1991 at 12:30 involving a Honda NH125MD motor scooter

A Honda NH125MD motor scooter crashed on the B8073 in Argyll and Bute at 12:30 on Wednesday 27 February 1991. The 80-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Feb 1991
Wednesday, 12:30
Vehicles
1
Honda NH125MD
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.61894, longitude -6.07993, in the PA75 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197LB02802
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
8073
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda NH125MD

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 80, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Honda NH125MD)

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 199197LB02802 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 1991.