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A828 crash in Argyll and Bute on 25 February 1997 at 21:00 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird and a car were involved in a crash on the A828 in Argyll and Bute at 21:00 on Tuesday 25 February 1997. The 46-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Feb 1997
Tuesday, 21:00
Vehicles
2
Nissan Bluebird and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.5614, longitude -5.35888, in the PA38 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199797LB70602
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
828
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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 199797LB70602 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.