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Serious A885 crash in Argyll and Bute on 7 October 1994 at 19:45 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A885 in Argyll and Bute at 19:45 on Friday 7 October 1994. An 11-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Oct 1994
Friday, 19:45
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.97597, longitude -4.94398, in the PA23 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199497LD00610
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
40 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199497LD00610 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.