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Unclassified road crash in Argyll and Bute PA67 on 17 February 1999 at 09:45 involving a Volvo 240

A car and a Volvo 240 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute at 09:45 on Wednesday 17 February 1999. The 31-year-old female driver of the Volvo 240 and the 22-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Feb 1999
Wednesday, 09:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Volvo 240
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.324, longitude -6.22292, in the PA67 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199997LB10902
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 503 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 240)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 199997LB10902 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 1999.