A83 crash in Argyll and Bute on 24 October 2016 at 15:50 involving a Honda ST1300A motorcycle
A car and a Honda ST1300A motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute at 15:50 on Monday 24 October 2016. The 58-year-old male driver of the car 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
- 24 Oct 2016
- Monday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda ST1300A
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 56.2722, longitude -4.92492, in the PA26 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Argyll and Bute
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201697LB03610
- 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
- 83
- 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
- 17%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 83%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 3 September 2014.
Fatal
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 3 September 2014
4 m awayRef 201497LB00109
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 4 November 2021
8 m awayRef 2021991106565
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 6 September 2010
10 m awayRef 201097LB70109
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 10 October 2008
13 m awayRef 200897LB71110
Slight
Leyland Constructor crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 5 April 1994
133 m awayRef 199497LD00704
Slight
Peugeot 104 crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 2 May 1990
136 m awayRef 199097LD01305
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda ST1300A
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,261 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 201697LB03610 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 2016.