Serious B845 crash in Argyll and Bute on 4 October 2011 at 16:51 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the B845 in Argyll and Bute at 16:51 on Tuesday 4 October 2011. The 51-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Oct 2011
- Tuesday, 16:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and bus or coach
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.46866, longitude -5.26563, in the PA37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201197LB10110
- 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
- 845
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 744 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 July 1984.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B845 in Argyll and Bute, 23 July 1984
744 m awayRef 198497LB52607
Serious
Perodua Nippa crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 4 July 1998
1.5 km awayRef 199897LB10107
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 12 August 1995
1.9 km awayRef 199597LB01908
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B845 in Argyll and Bute, 23 August 1986
1.9 km awayRef 198697LB54108
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B845 in Argyll and Bute, 13 October 1995
1.9 km awayRef 199597LB00610
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 8 May 2009
1.9 km awayRef 200997LB70205
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 937 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Bus or coach
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 51, 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 201197LB10110 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 2011.