Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious A85 crash in Argyll and Bute on 30 April 1994 at 15:00 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute at 15:00 on Saturday 30 April 1994. A 46-year-old female passenger on the Kawasaki motorcycle and the 40-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Apr 1994
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki and car
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.44304, longitude -5.31433, in the PA35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199497LB02404
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
85
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 January 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 46, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 199497LB02404 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 1994.