A85 crash in Argyll and Bute on 6 October 2009 at 11:30 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute at 11:30 on Tuesday 6 October 2009. The 41-year-old male driver of the BMW 5 Series 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
- 6 Oct 2009
- Tuesday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.44815, longitude -5.3236, 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
- 200997LB70210
- 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
- 85
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 2014.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute, 24 October 2014
4 m awayRef 201497LB03410
Slight
MAN crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute, 20 January 2006
10 m awayRef 200697LB10901
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute, 4 October 2000
10 m awayRef 200097LB70010
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute, 23 June 2025
14 m awayRef 2025991607109
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute, 6 October 2014
17 m awayRef 201497LB00710
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A85 in Argyll and Bute, 9 March 2001
36 m awayRef 200197LB70303
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 5 Series)
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 200997LB70210 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.