B8035 crash in Argyll and Bute on 7 October 2013 at 18:00 involving a Land Rover Defender
A Land Rover Defender and a Nissan were involved in a crash on the B8035 in Argyll and Bute at 18:00 on Monday 7 October 2013. The 47-year-old male driver of the Nissan was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Oct 2013
- Monday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Defender and Nissan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.50808, longitude -5.9598, in the PA72 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201397LB00910
- 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
- 8035
- 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
- Raining, 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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 January 2002.
Slight
Car crash on the B8035 in Argyll and Bute, 1 January 2002
18 m awayRef 200297LB10401
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B8035 in Argyll and Bute, 1 August 1988
664 m awayRef 198897LB00308
Serious
Car crash on the B8035 in Argyll and Bute, 5 October 1983
696 m awayRef 198397LB50510
Slight
Car crash on the B8035 in Argyll and Bute, 24 October 2003
972 m awayRef 200397LB11710
Serious
Bedford crash on the A848 in Argyll and Bute, 23 October 1994
1.2 km awayRef 199497LB02310
Slight
Car crash on the A849 in Argyll and Bute, 3 April 1995
1.3 km awayRef 199597LB00304
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan)
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 201397LB00910 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 2013.