A819 crash in Argyll and Bute on 14 September 2014 at 17:30 involving a Honda VFR750F motorcycle
A Honda VFR750F motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute at 17:30 on Sunday 14 September 2014. The 58-year-old male rider of the Honda VFR750F motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Sep 2014
- Sunday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda VFR750F and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.39848, longitude -5.03401, in the PA33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201497LB01909
- 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
- 819
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 39%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 61%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 July 2021.
Serious
Kawasaki ZX crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 26 July 2021
26 m awayRef 2021991072136
Serious
Citroen AX crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 3 September 2004
55 m awayRef 200497LB71609
Serious
Piaggio LX 125 crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 1 June 2018
103 m awayRef 201897LB00106
Serious
Volkswagen Touareg crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 23 January 2014
105 m awayRef 201497LB01801
Serious
Suzuki TL 1000 crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 2 July 1998
350 m awayRef 199897LB10007
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A819 in Argyll and Bute, 3 July 2000
388 m awayRef 200097LB10407
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda VFR750F
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 748 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 58, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda VFR750F)
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 201497LB01909 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.