B8068 crash in Argyll and Bute on 8 July 2009 at 16:15 involving a Honda CRV
A Honda CRV and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B8068 in Argyll and Bute at 16:15 on Wednesday 8 July 2009. The 15-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 2009
- Wednesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CRV and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.50769, longitude -6.80962, in the PA77 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997LB10907
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Argyll & Bute
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 8068
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 220 metres away, was a fatal crash on 21 December 2005.
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the B8068 in Argyll and Bute, 21 December 2005
220 m awayRef 200597LB71112
Slight
Car crash on the B8065 in Argyll and Bute, 19 September 1981
386 m awayRef 198197LB52209
Serious
Car crash on the B8068 in Argyll and Bute, 10 December 2004
434 m awayRef 200497LB10312
Slight
Car crash on the B8065 in Argyll and Bute, 7 December 2015
436 m awayRef 201597LB00912
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B8065 in Argyll and Bute, 12 May 2010
439 m awayRef 201097LB10505
Slight
Dacia Duster crash on the B8065 in Argyll and Bute, 6 July 2023
501 m awayRef 2023991331618
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 200997LB10907 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 2009.