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B832 crash in Argyll and Bute on 5 November 1996 at 15:45 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B832 in Argyll and Bute at 15:45 on Tuesday 5 November 1996. The 78-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf, a 5-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and a 7-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Nov 1996
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and other vehicle
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.03354, longitude -4.6658, in the G84 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199697LF70211
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
832
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199697LF70211 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.