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Serious unclassified road crash in Argyll and Bute PA77 on 5 January 2012 at 15:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Hyundai i10 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute at 15:00 on Thursday 5 January 2012. The 87-year-old female driver of the Hyundai i10 was seriously injured and the 96-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a flooded single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jan 2012
Thursday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Hyundai i10
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.50239, longitude -6.88524, in the PA77 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201297LB10401
Council area
Argyll and Bute
Police force
Strathclyde
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Argyll & Bute

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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 with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

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, 1.1 km away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    96 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai i10

    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
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    87 years
    Engine capacity
    1,248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i10)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 96, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 201297LB10401 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 2012.