Serious unclassified road crash in Argyll and Bute PA35 on 13 July 2000 at 11:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute at 11:45 on Thursday 13 July 2000. A 70-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta and the 69-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were 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
- 13 Jul 2000
- Thursday, 11:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.31473, longitude -5.23241, in the PA35 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200097LB11007
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 592 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 1984.
Slight
Van crash on the A9 in Argyll and Bute, 16 February 1984
592 m awayRef 19849384W0286
Slight
Seat Cordoba crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 5 November 2006
796 m awayRef 200697LB10311
Serious
Mazda MX-5 crash on the B840 in Argyll and Bute, 21 August 2004
861 m awayRef 200497LB12408
Serious
Car crash on the A9 in Argyll and Bute, 10 December 1979
884 m awayRef 19799379W2265
Serious
Lorry crash on the A9 in Argyll and Bute, 26 November 1985
884 m awayRef 19859385W1920
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B840 in Argyll and Bute, 18 March 1994
923 m awayRef 199497LB01003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,118 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200097LB11007 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 2000.