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Serious unclassified road crash in Argyll and Bute PA37 on 4 July 1998 at 01:30 involving a Perodua Nippa

A Perodua Nippa crashed on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute at 01:30 on Saturday 4 July 1998. A 17-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jul 1998
Saturday, 01:30
Vehicles
1
Perodua Nippa
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.46175, longitude -5.28674, in the PA37 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199897LB10107
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 400 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Perodua Nippa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    847 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Perodua Nippa)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199897LB10107 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.