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Serious A83 crash in Argyll and Bute on 24 December 2013 at 14:20 involving a minibus

A minibus crashed on the A83 in Argyll and Bute at 14:20 on Tuesday 24 December 2013. An 81-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and a 58-year-old female passenger and a 63-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Dec 2013
Tuesday, 14:20
Vehicles
1
Minibus
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.24945, longitude -4.93737, in the PA26 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201397LB02812
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
83
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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 with 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, 46 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 December 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus (8 to 16 seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 81, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, minibus occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

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 201397LB02812 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.