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Serious A83 crash in Argyll and Bute on 22 May 1994 at 17:25 involving a Volvo 940

A Volvo 940, a Ford Sierra and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute at 17:25 on Sunday 22 May 1994. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra was seriously injured and the 30-year-old male driver of the Volvo 940 and the 49-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra were slightly 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
22 May 1994
Sunday, 17:25
Vehicles
3
Volvo 940 and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.21669, longitude -4.83659, in the G83 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199497LD01205
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
83
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, 86 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 940)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 199497LD01205 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.