A828 crash in Argyll and Bute on 6 June 2007 at 11:30 involving a Mercedes E Class
A motorcycle and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A828 in Argyll and Bute at 11:30 on Wednesday 6 June 2007. The 48-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jun 2007
- Wednesday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.45941, longitude -5.39246, in the PA37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200797LB10306
- 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
- 828
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 32%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 68%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A828 in Argyll and Bute, 6 May 2001
22 m awayRef 200197LB10205
Slight
Car crash on the A828 in Argyll and Bute, 24 June 1986
54 m awayRef 198697LB52806
Serious
Car crash on the A825 in Argyll and Bute, 14 January 1989
54 m awayRef 198997LB00801
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A828 in Argyll and Bute, 29 August 2010
90 m awayRef 201097LB12108
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B845 in Argyll and Bute, 16 September 2007
130 m awayRef 200797LB11509
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A828 in Argyll and Bute, 3 August 1990
151 m awayRef 199097LB00408
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 48, 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 200797LB10306 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 2007.