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Serious A819 crash in Argyll and Bute on 12 February 1993 at 00:50 involving a Kawasaki EX250 motorcycle

A Kawasaki EX250 motorcycle crashed on the A819 in Argyll and Bute at 00:50 on Friday 12 February 1993. A 22-year-old female passenger and the 20-year-old male rider were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Feb 1993
Friday, 00:50
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki EX250
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.34568, longitude -5.08087, in the PA33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199397LD01002
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
819
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 30 January 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki EX250

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX250)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki EX250)

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 199397LD01002 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.