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B832 crash in Argyll and Bute on 14 January 1998 at 16:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B832 in Argyll and Bute at 16:15 on Wednesday 14 January 1998. The 18-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 1998
Wednesday, 16:15
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.02988, longitude -4.66876, in the G84 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897LA70501
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
832
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 June 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

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 199897LA70501 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.