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A82 crash in Argyll and Bute on 27 March 1998 at 13:20 involving a Scania lorry

A Scania lorry and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A82 in Argyll and Bute at 13:20 on Friday 27 March 1998. A 59-year-old female passenger in the Volvo bus and the 24-year-old male driver of the Volvo bus were 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
27 Mar 1998
Friday, 13:20
Vehicles
2
Scania and Volvo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.22959, longitude -4.702, in the G83 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897LA70403
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, 135 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Scania

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    11,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

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 199897LA70403 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.