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Serious A819 crash in Argyll and Bute on 2 July 1998 at 20:15 involving a Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle

A Suzuki TL 1000 motorcycle crashed on the A819 in Argyll and Bute at 20:15 on Thursday 2 July 1998. The 29-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jul 1998
Thursday, 20:15
Vehicles
1
Suzuki TL 1000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.39618, longitude -5.03794, in the PA33 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897LB10007
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
819
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, 141 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki TL 1000

    Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki TL 1000)

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 199897LB10007 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.