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Fatal A844 crash in Argyll and Bute on 6 April 2014 at 10:50 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the A844 in Argyll and Bute at 10:50 on Sunday 6 April 2014. The 45-year-old male cyclist was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Apr 2014
Sunday, 10:50
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.78936, longitude -5.12085, in the PA20 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201497LB00604
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
844
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 328 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 45, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 201497LB00604 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 2014.