A847 crash in Argyll and Bute on 19 July 2009 at 08:00 involving a Renault Kangoo
A Renault Kangoo and a Subaru were involved in a crash on the A847 in Argyll and Bute at 08:00 on Sunday 19 July 2009. The 26-year-old male driver of the Subaru was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jul 2009
- Sunday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Kangoo and Subaru
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.70158, longitude -6.43274, in the PA48 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200997LB20907
- 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
- 847
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 121 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 March 1987.
Serious
Car crash on the A847 in Argyll and Bute, 20 March 1987
121 m awayRef 198797LC66903
Slight
Car crash on the A847 in Argyll and Bute, 27 July 1980
314 m awayRef 198097LC79107
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A847 in Argyll and Bute, 3 February 1996
792 m awayRef 199697LC00202
Serious
Van crash on the A847 in Argyll and Bute, 4 August 1983
1.6 km awayRef 198397LC65408
Serious
Van crash on the A847 in Argyll and Bute, 12 August 1984
1.6 km awayRef 198497LC65608
Serious
Bedford crash on the A847 in Argyll and Bute, 1 October 1991
2.4 km awayRef 199197LC00210
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Subaru
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,990 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru)
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 200997LB20907 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.