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A848 crash in Argyll and Bute on 18 August 1993 at 07:20 involving a Fiat Fiorino van

A Fiat Fiorino van and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A848 in Argyll and Bute at 07:20 on Wednesday 18 August 1993. The 20-year-old male driver of the Fiat Fiorino van was 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
18 Aug 1993
Wednesday, 07:20
Vehicles
2
Fiat Fiorino and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.57039, longitude -5.9965, in the PA72 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199397LB03808
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
848
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Fiorino

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,697 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Fiorino)

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 199397LB03808 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 1993.