A828 crash in Argyll and Bute on 16 July 2008 at 17:30 involving a car
A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A828 in Argyll and Bute at 17:30 on Wednesday 16 July 2008. A 3-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jul 2008
- Wednesday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.45386, longitude -5.39164, 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
- 200897LB70907
- 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
- 828
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 September 2005.
Slight
Proton Persona crash on the A828 in Argyll and Bute, 23 September 2005
36 m awayRef 200597LB11409
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 11 December 2020
70 m awayRef 2020991008188
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute, 2 January 1997
70 m awayRef 199797LB00401
Slight
Car crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute, 21 July 1989
70 m awayRef 198997LB01607
Serious
Volvo 340 crash on the A828 in Argyll and Bute, 18 September 1992
104 m awayRef 199297LB01509
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute, 9 March 1992
122 m awayRef 199297LB00503
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,900 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)
- Bus or coach passenger
- Seated passenger
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 200897LB70907 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 2008.