A82 crash in Argyll and Bute on 26 July 1997 at 18:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute at 18:45 on Saturday 26 July 1997. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 1997
- Saturday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.29931, longitude -4.71985, in the G83 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199797LF02107
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Highway authority
- Argyll & Bute
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 82
- 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, 89 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2023.
Slight
Audi Q3 crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 25 February 2023
89 m awayRef 2023991283815
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 14 June 1982
100 m awayRef 198297LF01706
Slight
Car crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 2 July 1987
100 m awayRef 198797LF00407
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 9 December 2011
112 m awayRef 201197LA02712
Slight
Honda CBR900RR crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 1 April 2001
224 m awayRef 200197LA00204
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute, 30 September 2015
228 m awayRef 201597LA05709
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 199797LF02107 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.