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Serious A819 crash in Argyll and Bute on 26 May 2003 at 01:15 involving a Fiat Ducato van

A Fiat Ducato van crashed on the A819 in Argyll and Bute at 01:15 on Monday 26 May 2003. The 58-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 May 2003
Monday, 01:15
Vehicles
1
Fiat Ducato
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.24242, longitude -5.0894, 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
200397LB21605
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
No
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 98 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 September 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Ducato

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Ducato)

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 200397LB21605 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 2003.