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Serious A885 crash in Argyll and Bute on 14 December 1993 at 08:35 involving a Leyland DAF 200 van

A Leyland DAF 200 van hit a pedestrian on the A885 in Argyll and Bute at 08:35 on Tuesday 14 December 1993. A 7-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Dec 1993
Tuesday, 08:35
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF 200
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.95295, longitude -4.92941, in the PA23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunoon.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199397LD01212
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 11 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF 200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF 200)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199397LD01212 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.