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A83 crash in Argyll and Bute on 21 December 1991 at 13:40 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A83 in Argyll and Bute at 13:40 on Saturday 21 December 1991. The 17-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1991
Saturday, 13:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.44059, longitude -5.63145, in the PA28 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197LC01912
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
83
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    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 199197LC01912 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.