Serious B8068 crash in Argyll and Bute on 11 July 2015 at 02:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B8068 in Argyll and Bute at 02:10 on Saturday 11 July 2015. A 17-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 18-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Jul 2015
- Saturday, 02:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.52065, longitude -6.90851, in the PA77 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201597LB01807
- 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
- 8068
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 348 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 1997.
Slight
Lancia Y10 crash on the B8068 in Argyll and Bute, 10 August 1997
348 m awayRef 199797LB00808
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B8068 in Argyll and Bute, 12 May 1999
348 m awayRef 199997LB10505
Serious
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the B8068 in Argyll and Bute, 23 August 1991
444 m awayRef 199197LB04208
Fatal
Car crash on the B8068 in Argyll and Bute, 18 July 1982
1.4 km awayRef 198297LB52307
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 5 January 2012
2.5 km awayRef 201297LB10401
Slight
Peugeot Zenith crash on the B8068 in Argyll and Bute, 6 July 2002
2.7 km awayRef 200297LB10507
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat 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 201597LB01807 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 2015.