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A83 crash in Argyll and Bute on 20 December 1991 at 11:00 involving a Talbot Express minibus

A Talbot Express minibus crashed on the A83 in Argyll and Bute at 11:00 on Friday 20 December 1991. A 54-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1991
Friday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Talbot Express
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.2324, longitude -4.85712, in the G83 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199197LD01712
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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Express

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    2,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Express)

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 199197LD01712 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.