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Serious A814 crash in Argyll and Bute on 15 December 1997 at 07:25 involving a Toyota Carina

A Toyota Carina and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A814 in Argyll and Bute at 07:25 on Monday 15 December 1997. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1997
Monday, 07:25
Vehicles
2
Toyota Carina and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.99659, longitude -4.71137, in the G84 postcode district and within the built-up area of Helensburgh.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797LA02712
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
814
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 21 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,762 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 199797LA02712 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 1997.