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Fatal A846 crash in Argyll and Bute on 2 October 1996 at 17:00 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on the A846 in Argyll and Bute at 17:00 on Wednesday 2 October 1996. The 40-year-old male driver was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
2 Oct 1996
Wednesday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.84822, longitude -6.10739, in the PA46 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697LC00310
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
846
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, 96 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 199697LC00310 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 1996.