Serious A83 crash in Argyll and Bute on 28 April 2006 at 20:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute at 20:30 on Friday 28 April 2006. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was 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
- 28 Apr 2006
- Friday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.20409, longitude -4.8278, in the G83 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200697LB70504
- 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
- 83
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2002.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 21 June 2002
20 m awayRef 200297LA03906
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 2 February 1993
71 m awayRef 199397LD00102
Slight
Minibus crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 18 August 2006
150 m awayRef 200697LB70908
Serious
Volvo 244 crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 7 July 1997
158 m awayRef 199797LF00507
Serious
Car crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 20 May 1986
158 m awayRef 198697LD81905
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 2 July 2006
212 m awayRef 200697LB70007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 200697LB70504 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.