A83 crash in Argyll and Bute on 8 July 2017 at 10:10 involving a Vauxhall Antara
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Antara were involved in a crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute at 10:10 on Saturday 8 July 2017. The 70-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 2017
- Saturday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Antara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.42684, longitude -5.60852, 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
- 201797LB01307
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 22%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 78%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 November 2011.
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 7 November 2011
9 m awayRef 201197LB21011
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 2 July 2011
9 m awayRef 201197LB20207
Slight
Mazda 5 crash on the B842 in Argyll and Bute, 9 September 2008
14 m awayRef 200897LB20809
Slight
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 1 February 2025
15 m awayRef 2025991549301
Slight
Car crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 9 December 1980
32 m awayRef 198097LC65412
Slight
Car crash on the A83 in Argyll and Bute, 16 July 1983
32 m awayRef 198397LC66807
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 644 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Antara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 70, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 201797LB01307 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 2017.