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Serious B8073 crash in Argyll and Bute on 15 June 2013 at 02:20 involving a Lexus IS200

A Lexus IS200 crashed on the B8073 in Argyll and Bute at 02:20 on Saturday 15 June 2013. The 37-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet road with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Jun 2013
Saturday, 02:20
Vehicles
1
Lexus IS200
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.59472, longitude -6.1517, in the PA75 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201397LB05506
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
8073
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
Dark, no street lighting
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 293 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lexus IS200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Lexus IS200)

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 201397LB05506 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.