Unclassified road crash in Argyll and Bute PA28 on 24 May 2015 at 19:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A bicycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute at 19:00 on Sunday 24 May 2015. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 2015
- Sunday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.42837, longitude -5.61578, in the PA28 postcode district and within the built-up area of Campbeltown. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, PA28 6DD 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
- 201597LB03605
- Council area
- Argyll and Bute
- Police force
- Strathclyde
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Argyll & Bute
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 21%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 79%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 129 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 2006.
Serious
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 24 December 2006
129 m awayRef 200697LB70712
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 20 July 1998
137 m awayRef 199897LB30907
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 7 April 1994
137 m awayRef 199497LC00604
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 1 August 1996
180 m awayRef 199697LC00108
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 27 June 1981
180 m awayRef 198197LC66806
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in Argyll and Bute, 26 October 2003
184 m awayRef 200397LB22710
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 14, 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 201597LB03605 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.