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A885 crash in Argyll and Bute on 24 April 1992 at 17:05 involving a Honda C90M motorcycle

A Honda C90M motorcycle and an Audi 100 were involved in a crash on the A885 in Argyll and Bute at 17:05 on Friday 24 April 1992. The 55-year-old male rider of the Honda C90M motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Apr 1992
Friday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Honda C90M and Audi 100
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95115, longitude -4.92927, in the PA23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunoon.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199297LD01504
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
885
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda C90M

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    85 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi 100

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda C90M)

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 199297LD01504 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 1992.