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Serious A815 crash in Argyll and Bute on 21 October 1994 at 00:10 involving a Volvo 340

A Volvo 340 crashed on the A815 in Argyll and Bute at 00:10 on Friday 21 October 1994. A 17-year-old male passenger, an 18-year-old male passenger and the 19-year-old male driver were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Oct 1994
Friday, 00:10
Vehicles
1
Volvo 340
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.08548, longitude -4.9877, 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
199497LD01310
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
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 54 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 340)

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 199497LD01310 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.