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Serious B881 crash in Argyll and Bute on 19 February 1996 at 13:40 involving a Bedford bus

A Bedford bus hit a pedestrian on the B881 in Argyll and Bute at 13:40 on Monday 19 February 1996. A 7-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Feb 1996
Monday, 13:40
Vehicles
1
Bedford
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.75709, longitude -5.03585, in the PA20 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697LD10402
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
881
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 641 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    8,193 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Bedford)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199697LD10402 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.