Serious A819 crash in Argyll and Bute on 25 June 1999 at 16:45 involving a Honda motorcycle
A Honda motorcycle crashed on the A819 in Argyll and Bute at 16:45 on Friday 25 June 1999. A 29-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 30-year-old male rider was slightly 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
- 25 Jun 1999
- Friday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.24836, longitude -5.09247, in the PA32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199997LB71206
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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, 200 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 December 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 10 December 1986
200 m awayRef 198697LD81312
Serious
Scania crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 4 April 2020
202 m awayRef 2020990944292
Serious
Car crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 13 February 1990
224 m awayRef 199097LD01202
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 5 July 1997
316 m awayRef 199797LD00307
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 24 January 1990
400 m awayRef 199097LD02101
Serious
Car crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 2 August 1989
412 m awayRef 198997LD00208
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 748 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 30, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda)
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 199997LB71206 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.