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A85 crash in Argyll and Bute on 18 June 2006 at 13:45 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a car were involved in a crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute at 13:45 on Sunday 18 June 2006. A 12-year-old female passenger in the car and the 64-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jun 2006
Sunday, 13:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.40558, longitude -5.01232, in the PA33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200697LB10906
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
85
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
A
Second road number
819

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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
16%
Estimated chance it was slight
84%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

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 200697LB10906 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 2006.