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Serious A814 crash in Argyll and Bute on 17 March 1998 at 20:00 involving a Toyota Corolla

A Toyota Corolla crashed on the A814 in Argyll and Bute at 20:00 on Tuesday 17 March 1998. The 27-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Mar 1998
Tuesday, 20:00
Vehicles
1
Toyota Corolla
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.09981, longitude -4.83763, in the G84 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897LA03703
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
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,332 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)

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 199897LA03703 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 1998.