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Serious A815 crash in Argyll and Bute on 28 September 1993 at 14:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the A815 in Argyll and Bute at 14:25 on Tuesday 28 September 1993. A 26-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Sep 1993
Tuesday, 14:25
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.8939, longitude -4.95535, in the PA23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199397LD02209
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
815
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Road works
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 199397LD02209 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.