A844 crash in Argyll and Bute on 7 September 2014 at 20:55 involving a Honda Civic
A bicycle and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A844 in Argyll and Bute at 20:55 on Sunday 7 September 2014. The 13-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2014
- Sunday, 20:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.83951, longitude -5.05997, in the PA20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rothesay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, PA20 0DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497LB00909
- 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
- 30 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, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 60 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 September 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A844 in Argyll and Bute, 4 September 2010
60 m awayRef 201097LB30109
Serious
Toyota Auris crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 6 November 2021
70 m awayRef 2021991106756
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 11 September 2001
93 m awayRef 200197LB30509
Serious
Citroen Saxo crash on the A844 in Argyll and Bute, 28 November 2008
94 m awayRef 200897LB31011
Slight
Car crash on the A844 in Argyll and Bute, 7 August 1989
100 m awayRef 198997LE00208
Slight
Car crash on the A844 in Argyll and Bute, 30 March 1983
100 m awayRef 198397LE95703
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 13, 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 201497LB00909 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.